Route History
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
18.07.92 |
BW161+ |
15S/T |
12S/T |
11S/T |
HACKNEY
WICK Eastway - Cassland Road - Hackney - Cambridge Heath - Hackney Road - Shoreditch - Liverpool
Street - Bank - St Paul's - Ludgate Circus - Fleet Street - Aldwych - WATERLOO
This
Route was introduced to replace the withdrawn section of Route 6 between Aldwych and Hackney Wick.
05.11.94 |
BW161+ |
15T |
12T |
11T |
Scanias replaced by all Leyland Titans.
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07.12.96 |
BW161+ |
15T/VN |
12T/VN |
11T/VN |
VN type introduced
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T591 Eastway stand This image available with the |
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04.08.97 |
BW161+ |
15VA |
12VA |
9VA |
VA type introduced
11.03.99 |
BW161+ |
15dd |
12dd |
9dd |
Low Floor dd introduced (Dennis Trident)
19.05.99 |
BW161+ |
18TA/VA |
11TA/VA |
9TA/VA |
VN type withdrawn.
26.06.99 |
BW161+ |
18TA |
11TA |
9TA |
VA type withdrawn.
21.07.99 |
BW161+ |
18VA/T |
11VA/T |
9VA/T |
Type change
13.10.00 |
BW161+ |
18TA/TAS |
11TA/TAS |
9TA/TAS |
TAS type introduced.
28.04.01 |
SD161+ |
18TA/TAS |
11TA/TAS |
9TA/TAS |
Allocation transferred from Bow(BW) to Stratford (SD)
25.06.01 |
SD161+ |
18TA/VA |
12TA/VA |
9TA/VA |
TAS type withdrawn
23.03.02 |
SD161+ |
18TA |
11TA |
11TA |
 |
Contract renewal |
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22.06.02 |
SD161+ |
18TA |
11TA |
13TA |
Rerouted at Shoreditch to comply with new one way system
 |
17174 Waterloo Bridge
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16.02.08 |
SD161+ |
18TA |
11TA |
13TA |
Revised terminal arrangement at Waterloo where buses make a "U" turn via a dedicated bus gate instead of running dead via St Georges Circus - and The Cut
23.02.08 |
WH161+ |
19TA |
16TA |
14TA |
T361+ |
ex N26 |
ex N26 |
ex N26 |
Stratford (SD) closed. allocation moved to new base at Canning Town named West Ham (WH)
Date unknown |
WH161+ |
19TA |
16TA |
14TA |
T361+ |
ex N26 |
ex N26 |
ex N26 |
HACKNEY WICK Chapman Road - WATERLOO
Hackney
Wick terminal altered to Chapman Road instead of Eastway
26.06.09 |
BW1+ |
19TA |
14TA |
11TA |
Allocation
transferred from WH to Bow (BW). The gap at WH was filled by the 15.
This was a cost cutting exercise to reduce dead mileage and travelling times
for drivers.
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15116 Waterloo © Lawrence Living |
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25.06.11 |
LI |
17DN |
11DN |
9DN |
 |
Contract reassigned |
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DN33622 Imax roundabout
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22.06.13 |
LI 201+ |
17DN |
11DN |
9DN |
 |
Contract novated from First to Tower Transit |
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14.12.13 |
LI 201+ |
17DN |
11DN |
9DN |
HACKNEY WICK Eastway - WATERLOO
The Hackney Wick terminal has been altered back to Eastway instead of Chapman Road by TFL to coincide with the night bus which follows 20 mins after the last day 26.
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DN33638 at St Paul's © Lawrence Living |
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VN36112 at Waterloo © Lawrence Living
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27.02.16 |
HK131+ |
18DN |
12DN |
10DN |
 |
Contract reassigned brought forward from 25 June |
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Buses hired from Tower Transit until new buses delivered - a sticker in window states ON HIRE FROM TOWER TRANSIT
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2502 Waterloo Bridge © Robert Donaldson |
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08.04.17 |
HK231+ |
16DN |
14DN |
10DN |
Running number sequence change
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CT Plus 2517 at St Paul's © Martin (Hotspur_star) |
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31.04.18 |
HK231+ |
16DN |
14DN |
10DN |
HACKNEY WICK Eastway - WATERLOO
The Hackney Wick terminal has been altered back to Eastway
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Operating Garages
BW
Bow
Changeover Point = Buses run light into Bow Garage
SD
Stratford
Changeover point inside garage
WH
West Ham
Changeover
point inside garage
LI Lea Interchange
Changeover
point Chapman Road stand - via Ferry bus from garage
HK Ash Grove
Changeover
point Cambridge Heath Road / Victoria Park Road
