London Bus Route 98

Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
18.07.92	AC551+	20RML	18RML	9M

WILLESDEN GARAGE Pound Lane - High Road Willesden - Willesden Lane - Kilburn High Road - Maida Vale - Edgware Road - Marble Arch - Oxford Street - Oxford Circus - New Oxford Street - HOLBORN Red Lion Square
NEW ROUTE replacing Route 8 between Willesden and Oxford Circus

RML2755 on the first day of operation, loaned from Bow Garage

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04.12.93	AC551+	21RML	19RML	2M 7LN
	AC701+	9LN/M	9LN/M	--

WILLESDEN GARAGE - HOLBORN
Mon-Sat evening service converted to OPO.

LN21 Oxford Circus

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31.10.94	AC551+	21RML	19RML	2M 7LN
evenings		4M+5M/266	4M+5M/266

WILLESDEN GARAGE - HOLBORN

M87 Edgware Road, the Holborn terminus now referred to as BLOOMSBURY

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Taken from 1995 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

27.03.04

AC551+

27VP

26VP

19VP

WILLESDEN GARAGE - BLOOMSBURY
CONVERTED TO LOW FLOOR DOUBLE DECK OPO.

Odd man out DLD63 Willesden Lane

11.12.10

AC551+

25VP

19VP

WILLESDEN GARAGE - BLOOMSBURY
Contract renewal - Mon-Fri peak frequency reduction.

	VP555 Marble Arch

16.06.14

AC551+

25VP

19VP

WILLESDEN GARAGE - RUSSELL SQUARE
Diverted at Tottenham Court Road via withdrawn section of Route 7 to Russell Square

12.12.15

AC551+

25VP

19VP

WILLESDEN GARAGE - RUSSELL SQUARE
Contract extended for two years

25.06.16

AC551+

25VWH

19VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE - HOLBORN Red Lion Square
Withdrawn between St Giles Circus and Russell Square and rerouted via New Oxford Street to Red Lion Square
Russell Square routeing replaced by revised Route 10