Route History

WEST KILBURN - The Chippenham - Harrow Road - Royal Oak Stn - Paddington - Edgware Road - Marble Arch - Park Lane - Victoria - Vauxhall - Oval - Camberwell - Peckham - New Cross - Lewisham - Catford - HITHER GREEN STATION

Extracted from 1934 map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map Click map[ to enlarge

Sunday Bromley (TB) allocation withdrawn

Sunday Bromley (TB) allocation reintroduced - Middle Row (X) withdrawn

Daily Bromley (TB) allocation replaced by Camberwell (Q)

Mon-Sat additional service introduced between CATFORD St Dunstan's College and Hither Green Stn

Mon-Sat Bromley (TB) reintroduced

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
Mon-Sat additional service : CATFORD St Dunstan's College - Hither Green Stn
EXPRESS SERVICE : HITHER GREEN - VICTORIA ( express between Catford and Victoria ) ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Mon-Sat peaks express service introduced

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
CATFORD St Dunstan's College and Hither Green Stn ( Mon-Fri / Sat except evenings )
EXPRESS SERVICE : HITHER GREEN - VICTORIA ( express between Catford and Victoria ) ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Sat evening service withdrawn between St Dunstan's and Hither Green

Express service withdrawn

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
CATFORD St Dunstan's College and Hither Green Stn ( Sat afternoons )
Withdrawn between St Dunstan's and Hither Green except for sat afts

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
CATFORD St Dunstan's College and Hither Green Stn ( Sat afternoons )
Withdrawn between St Duns tams and Hither Green
Saturday Bromley (TB) allocation withdrawn

WEST KILBURN  ( except evenings ) - LEWISHAM - HITHER GREEN STN
Withdrawn evenings between Lewisham and West Kilburn

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
Evening service reinstated
The gas buses shown operated from Camberwell (Q) between March 1943 and April 1944 - full details can be found in the Ken Blacker book London Buses and the Second World War

WEST KILBURN  ( except evenings ) - LEWISHAM - HITHER GREEN STN
Withdrawn evenings between Lewisham and West Kilburn

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
Evening service reinstated

WEST KILBURN  ( except evenings ) - LEWISHAM - HITHER GREEN STN
Withdrawn evenings between Lewisham and West Kilburn

WEST KILBURN - HITHER GREEN STN
Evening service reinstated

RT family introduced

	RT1111 at Hither Green with the comprehensive ultimate WEST KILBURN Falcon This image available with the Nostalgia download

Camberwell & Catford allocations transferred to Peckham.

30.04.58

PM

39RT

29RT

38RT

Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List

11.05.60

PM

33RM

24RM

22RM

Taken from May 1960 allocation book, which is for sale as a pdf file This shows how complex the schedules were back then

18.02.63

PM

33RM

24RM

22RM

RT type replaced by new RM allocation.

19.07.69

PM

33RM

19RM

16RM

HITHER GREEN STN -  VICTORIA (Saturday) - WEST KILBURN (Monday-Friday/Sunday)
Saturday withdrawn between Victoria and West Kilburn.

16.01.71

PM

15RM

19RM

14RM

HITHER GREEN STN -  VICTORIA (Monday-Saturday) - WEST KILBURN (Sunday)
Monday-Friday withdrawn between Victoria and West Kilburn.

03.11.73

PM

16RM

19RM

13RM

HITHER GREEN STN -  VICTORIA ( Monday-Saturday ) - WEST KILBURN ( Sunday )
Diverted between Maida Hill and West Kilburn via Shirland Road and Fernead Road instead of Malvern Road

13.04.76

PM

12MD

19MD

13MD

RM type replaced by MD.

28.10.78

PM

15MD

18MD

9MD

HITHER GREEN STN -  VICTORIA - WEST KILBURN (Monday-Friday peaks)
Sunday withdrawn between Victoria and West Kilburn but extended from Victoria to West Kilburn Monday-Friday peaks.

31.01.81

PM

15RM

18RM

9RM

Mon-Fri peak hour journeys southbound rerouted via Victoria Bus Station.
MD type replaced by RM.

25.10.86

PM

25RM

19RM

11RM

QUEENS PARK STATION - HITHER GREEN STATION
Route standardised (extended from Victoria to Queens Park at all times.

06.06.87	NX	--	--	8T
	PM	25RM	19RM	5T

Sunday converted to One Person Operation and Sunday NX allocation introduced.

13.08.89	NX	--	--	13L/T
	PM	25RM	19RM	--

Sunday PM allocation withdrawn.

27.04.91	NX	--	--	12L/T
	PM	31RM	17RM	5T

QUEENS PARK - LEWISHAM
Withdrawn between Lewisham and Hither Green Station - replaced by revised 180

14.03.92	NX	--	--	12L/T
	PM	32RM/14RML	18RM/14RML	--

QUEENS PARK - LEWISHAM  - CATFORD GARAGE (Sat am) - Downham Way - GROVE PARK (Saturday shopping hours)
Saturday extended from Lewisham to Catford Garage and further extended shopping hours to Grove Park.

	RM875 Lewisham This image available with Routemaster family downloadat the Bus Photos page

19.06.93

NX

46RM

32RM

12L/T

PM allocation withdrawn in favour of exclusive NX allocation.

	RM478 with dedicated 36 vinyls seen at Victoria This image available with Routemaster family downloadat the Bus Photos page

21.03.94

NX

29RM 15RML

13RM 15RML

23L/T

QUEENS PARK - LEWISHAM
Withdrawn between Lewisham and Grove Park - replaced by new Route 136

	T954 Lewisham This image available with the Titan download

14.11.98	NX1+	44RM/L	28RM/L	16T
	PM51+	--	--	10T/AV

Part of Sunday NX allocation moved to Peckham (PM) - thus AVL type now seen.

	AV1 Terminus Place This image available with the GO-AHEAD London download

08.02.03

NX1+

26RM/L

24RM/L

14PVL

NEW CROSS GATE - QUEENS PARK STATION
Withdrawn between New Cross and Lewisham - this section replaced by new 436. Sunday only PM allocation withdrawn.

	RML2507 Grosvenor Gardens This image available with the Routemaster family download at Bus Photos

29.01.05

PM1+

26PVL

26PVL

14PVL

Crew (RM/L) operation ceased in favour of one person operation.

	PVL396 Eastbourne Terrace This image available with the GO-AHEAD London download

09.02.08	NX1+	33PVL	32PVL	15PVL
Night Route	PM271+	4E/PVL	6E/PVL	6E/PVL

Contract renewal and all night Route introduced.

	E97 is about to negotiate Hyde Park Corner system This image available with the GO-AHEAD London download

09.02.13	NX1+	33E/PVL	32E/PVL	15E/PVL
Night Route	PM271+	4E/PVL	6E/PVL	6E/PVL
1 ex 171 am peak	Q211+	1WVL	--	--

Contract renewal
One Mon-Fri am journey introduced from Camberwell (Q) using bus from 12 allocation

	WVL297 Bishops Bridge Road This image available on the GO-AHEAD London download

19.11.16	NX1+	39E/PVL	33E/PVL	17E/PVL
Night Route	PM271+	4E/PVL	6E/PVL	6E/PVL

Frequency increase to compensate for loss of Route 436 between Vauxhall and Paddington  

E228 Marble Arch
© Ian Armstrong

03.02.18	NX1+	39E/PVL	33E/PVL	17E/PVL
Night Route	PM271+	4E/PVL	5E/PVL	5E/PVL

Contract renewal

 

Operating Garages

TL Catford
Changeover point at Catford Town Hall

NX New Cross
Changeover point at garage

PM Peckham
Changeover point at garage

Q Camberwell
Changeover point at garage

X Middle Row
Changeover point not known