Route History

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
at 03.10.34	T	55LT	53LT	37LT

VICTORIA STATION - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly Circus - Bloomsbury - Rosebery Avenue - Angel - Essex Road - Balls Pond Road - Dalston Junction - Dalston Lane - Graham Road  - Hackney Station  -  Clapton Pond  -  Lea Bridge Road - Leyton - Hoe Street - Crooked Billet - Chingford Mount - The Ridgeway - Chingford Stn - CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel

05.12.34	D	2LT	2LT	--
	T	55LT	53LT	37LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel
Mon-Sat Dalston (D) allocation added

30.01.35	D	2LT	--	--
	T	55LT	55LT	37LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel
Saturday Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

17.04.35	D	2LT	--	--
	T	55LT	55LT	44LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  Rangers Road  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

09.06.35	AR	--	--	12STL
	D	2LT	--	--
	T	55LT	54LT	44LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Fri / Sat am)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sat pm / Suns )
Sat pm extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday Tottenham (AR) allocation added

11.09.35	AR	--	--	12STL
	D	10STL	--	--
	T	56LT	54LT	44LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Fri / Sat am)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sat pm / Suns )
Mon-Fri Dalston (D) allocation increased and converted to STL operation
The increase would have compensated for Route 166 ( London Bridge & Aldwych ) which was transferred to West Green

02.10.35	D	10STL	--	11STL
	T	56LT	52LT+	26LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD
Sunday Dalston (D) allocation added , Tottenham (AR) withdrawn
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months

08.04.36	D	10STL	--	11STL
	T	56LT	52LT+	35LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

10.05.36	D	10STL	--	11STL
	T	56LT	52LT+	36LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Fri / Sat am)  -  Rangers Road -  Epping New Road -  Manor Road  -  Loughton High Road  -  Goldings Hill  -  EPPING FOREST ( Summer Sat pm / Suns )
Diverted betwen Chingford and Wake Arms via Loughton
Sat pm extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

31.05.36	AR	--	--	13STL
	D	10STL	--	11STL
	T	56LT	52LT+	36LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Fri / Sat am)  -  EPPING FOREST ( Summer Sat pm / Suns )
Sunday only Tottenham (AR) allocation reintroduced

10.08.36
VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Fri / Sat am)  -  Rangers Road -  Epping New Road - EPPING FOREST ( Summer Sat pm / Suns )
Diversion via Loughton withdrawn

07.10.36	D	10STL	--	11STL
	T	56LT	54LT+	28LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months

28.03.37	D	10STL	--	--
	T	56LT	52LT+	44LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

31.05.37	D	10STL	--	12STL
	T	56LT	55LT+	44LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
SAT pm extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday Dalston (D) allocation reinstated

06.10.37	D	10STL	--	18STL
	T	56LT	55LT+	28LT
			1LT/38A

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
The Sat pm service to Epping Forest never operated again

17.04.38	D	21STL	--	13STL
	T	58LT	56LT	31LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

03.08.38	D	--	--	25STL
	T	53LT 14ST	45LT 11ST	31LT

Mon-Fri Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn.
The 30 was transferred to Hackney (H) and the 67 transferred from Hackney to Dalston to complete the circle

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
16.10.38	T	49LT 18ST	40LT 16ST	40LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
Sunday only Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

09.04.39

T

44LT 23ST

36LT 20ST

44LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

07.05.39	D	--	--	12STL
	T	44LT 23ST	36LT 23ST	44LT

Sunday only Dalston (D) allocation reintroduced

06.12.39

t

37LT

37LT

22LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
Sunday only Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

20.03.40	GM	--	--	13STL
	T	37LT	37LT	22LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday only Gillingham Street (GM) allocation introduced

24.10.40	GM	--	--	13STL
	T	36LT	37LT	24LT
Express	T	11PROV	11PROV	--

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
EXPRESS SERVICE : CHINGFORD - all stops to Bakers Arms then limited stop to BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
Mon-Sat peaks express service introduced using provincial buses

20.11.40	T	36LT	37LT	24LT
Express	T	11PROV	11PROV	--

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
EXPRESS SERVICE : CHINGFORD - all stops to Bakers Arms then limited stop to BLOOMSBURY SQUARE
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
Sunday only Gillingham Street (GM) allocation withdrawn

19.03.41

T

36LT

37LT

24LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
EXPRESS service withdrawn

06.04.41	GM	--	--	13STL
	T	42LT	43LT	24LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday only Gillingham Street (GM) allocation reintroduced

29.10.41

T

36LT

37LT

24LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
Sunday only Gillingham Street (GM) allocation withdrawn

29.03.42	GM	--	--	12STL
	T	36LT	37LT	23LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest
Sunday only Gillingham Street (GM) allocation reintroduced

08.04.42	GM	--	--	12STL
	T	36LT	37LT	21LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
WITHDRAWN between Chingford and Epping Forest until 1946

28.10.42

T

36LT

37LT

23LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Sunday only Gillingahm Street (GM) withdrawn for good

05.05.43

T

36LT

36LT

32LT

VICTORIA  -  Piccadilly Circus  -  Angel  -  Balls Pond Road  -  Dalston Junction  -  Hackney Downs  -  Pembury Road  -  Clapton  -  Leyton  -  Walthamstow  -  CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel
Rerouted between Dalston Junction and Clapton Pond via Pembury Road instead of Graham Road

26.05.46

T

45LT

44LT

43LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

09.10.46

T

45LT

44LT

32LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months

Taken from October 1946 Red book which is  available for sale in pdf form Red Books for sale

30.04.47

T

45LT

44LT

45LT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

12.11.47

T

45LT

44LT

22LT 10RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
RT type appeared for first time

09.05.48

T

45LT

44LT

33LT 10RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

20.10.48

T

36LT 9ST

35LT 9ST

22LT 10RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months

13.04.49

T

36LT 9ST

35LT 9ST

35LT 10RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

26.10.49

T

31RT 14LT

30RT 14LT

32RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD RFH
Suspended between Chingford and Epping Forest for winter months
RT type introduced on a daily basis

03.05.50

T

49RT

44RT

47RT

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest

19.05.54	T	48RT	44RT	38RT
	D	--	--	9RTL

VICTORIA  -  CHINGFORD ( Mon-Sat)  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Summer Sundays )
Dalston (D) allocation added on Summer Sundays.

30.04.58	T	49RT	43RT	34RT
	D	--	--	8RTL

05.10.58

T

49RT

43RT

32RT

VICTORIA STATION - CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel 
Dalston Summer Sunday only allocation withdrawn for good.

10.04.65

T

49RT

43RT

32RT

VICTORIA STATION - CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel  -  EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Suns )
Sunday extended from Chingford to Epping Forest for the last time

03.10.65

T

46RT

32RT

20RT

VICTORIA STATION - CHINGFORD Royal Forest Hotel
Summer Sunday projection from Chingford to Epping Forest withdrawn for good.

07.09.68

T

69RT

43RT

22RT

VICTORIA STATION - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly Circus - Bloomsbury - Rosebery Avenue - Angel - Essex Road - Balls Pond Road - Dalston Junction - Dalston Lane - Graham Road - Hackney Station - Clapton - Lea Bridge Road - Leyton - Hoe Street - WALTHAMSTOW GARAGE
Withdrawn between Walthamstow Garage and Chingford - replaced by extension of Route 69 and 262 to Chingford Station
Diverted between Dalston and Clapton via Graham Road instead of Pembury Road - withdrawn section replaced by Route 48
Route increased to compensate for loss of Route 38A.

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Withdrawn between Leyton and Walthamstow Garage - this section replaced by New Route 55
M0n-Sat Clapton (CT) allocation added.

16.01.71	CT	21RM	6RM	--
	T	30RM/1RT	23RM	17RM

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Routemasters introduced at both sheds.

05.01.74	CT	15RM	9RM	4RM
	T	32RM	20RM	12RM

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Sunday (CT) allocation introduced.

11.10.75	CT	8RM	4RM	--
	T	37RM	23RM	15RM

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Sunday (CT) allocation withdrawn.

31.03.79

T

46RM

24RM

15RM

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Clapton (CT) allocation withdrawn.

04.09.82

T

38RML

22RML

12RML

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Daily RML type introduced.

06.06.87

T

40RML

30RML

18T

VICTORIA - LEYTON GREEN
Sunday only OPO introduced.

24.02.90	CT	41RML	24RML	--
	T	--	--	15T

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND ( Mon-Sat ) - LEYTON GREEN(Sunday garage journeys)
MS crew operation transferred to Clapton (CT)

19.07.97

CT

41RML

23RML

18L

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND
Sunday (T) allocation withdrawn thus withdrawn between Clapton Pond and Leyton (T)

02.06.02

CT

41RML

23RML

18RML

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND
Sunday reverted to crew operation.

20.07.02

CT101+

50RML

34RML

23RML

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND
Frequency increased

29.10.05

AE101+

42MA

34MA

23MA

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND
Converted to OPO Artic operation and parked overnight at Ash Grove but still administrated from Clapton (CT)

14.11.09

CT201+

70DW/T

51DW/T

35DW/T

VICTORIA - CLAPTON POND
Reverted to double deck operation and allocation parked at Clapton (CT)

Current Blind

 

Operating Garages

CT Clapton
Changeover point outside garage and Mildmay Park

T Leyton
Changeover point Baker's Arms

D Dalston
Changeover point Dalston Junction ?

AE Ash Grove
Changeover point outside CT Clapton garage.

AR Tottenham
Changeover point not known

GM Gillingham Street
Changeover point Victoria Station

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