Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
01.09.90
TH221+
15L
18L
8L

PECKHAM GARAGE - Dulwich - Forest Hill - Sydenham - Penge - Anerley - Norwood Junction - Addiscombe - Croydon - SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf
New route replacing Route 12A

DMS2431 Croydon

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12.03.94
TC211+
16L
16L
7L
Thornton Heath (TH) allocation moved to Croydon (TC)

PECKHAM GARAGE - Dulwich - Forest Hill - Sydenham - Penge - Anerley - Norwood Junction - Addiscombe - Croydon - SOUTH CROYDON GARAGE
Extended from Swan & Sugar Loaf to Garage

L5

L5 Croydon

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M290

M290 East Croydon

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27.07.96
TC211+
16L
16L
7L

PECKHAM Bus Station  -  SOUTH CROYDON GARAGE
New schedules for reliability

Map taken from July 1996 leaflet
Taken from July 1996 leaflet
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30.08.97
TC211+
16M
16M
7M

PECKHAM Bus Station  -  SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf
Withdrawn between Swan & Sugar Loaf and Garage

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29.08.98
TC211+
19M
16M
7M

PECKHAM Bus Station  -  SOUTH CROYDON GARAGE
REINSTATED between Swan & Sugar Loaf and Garage

17.03.01
TC211+
14DLA
14DLA
9DLA

PECKHAM Bus Station  -  SOUTH CROYDON GARAGE
Converted to low floor double deck.

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Allocation Books

 

DLA180 Central Croydon

 


03.09.05
TC351+
6PDL
6PDL
5PDL

NORWOOD JUNCTION - Woodside Tram stop - Lower Addiscombe Road - Croydon - SOUTH CROYDON GARAGE
Withdrawn between Norwood Junction and Peckham - this section replaced by Route 197. and converted to low floor single deck.
Running number sequence changed - took on former 197 numbers

Taken from2007 map drawn by Mike Harris
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04.09.10
TC351+
6PDL
6PDL
5PDL

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  SOUTH CROYDON
Contract renewal

PDL122 Croydon Town Centre
05.09.15
TC351+
6EMC
6EMC
5EMC

SOUTH CROYDON  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract renewal with existing diesel buses plus electric as they become available
The first Electric bus started in service on 8th September , the first electric bus in London


05.09.20
TC351+
6EMC
6EMC
5EMC

SOUTH CROYDON  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract renewal

EMC1

EMC1 Croydon

© Bernard Fahey


04.01.22
TC351+
9EMC
6EMC
5EMC

SOUTH CROYDON  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Mon-Fri PVR increase

02.03.24
TC351+
12EMC
11EMC
6EMC

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  OLD  LODGE LANE
Extended from South Croydon to Old Lodge Lane reppalcing part of Route 455

312 March 2024 map Croydon Town Centre March 2024
Taken from 2024 map drawn by Mike Harris
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Operating Garages

TH Thornton Heath
Changeover point ?

TC South Croydon
Changeover point at garage.

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Date of edit   Wednesday, 13.03.24