London Bus Route 124

FOREST HILL STN - Perry Vale - Catford Hill - Catford - Sangley Road - Verdant Lane - Grove Park - Chinbrook Road - Mottingham - Court Road - Eltham Church - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
New route - replacing withdrawn Route 209 (Route 209 double-decked - and re-numbered to new Route 124)

Diverted between Grove park and Mottingham via Marvels Lane and Dunkery Road instead of Grove Park Road direct


Extracted from 1939 historical map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map

12.10.55

22RT

26RT

17RT

FOREST HILL - ELTHAM - Blackfen Road - BLACKFEN Woodman (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri peaks extended from Eltham to Blackfen

30.04.58

22RT

26RT

16RT


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

04.03.59

20RT

24RT

22RT

FOREST HILL STN - Perry Vale - Woolstone Road - Catford - Sangley Road - Torridan Road - Hazelbank Road - Verdant lane - Northover - Downham Lane - Grove Park - Chinbrook Road - Marvels lane - Mottingham - ELTHAM Southend Crescent - BLACKFEN Woodman (Mon-Fri peaks) - Blendon - Bexley - BEXLEY HOSPITAL (Sun afts)
Sunday afternoons extended from Eltham to BEXLEY HOSPITAL.

03.02.60

20RT

24RT

22RT

FOREST HILL - ELTHAM ( Mon-Sat ) - FALCONWOOD PARADE (Mon-Fri peaks) - BEXLEY HOSPITAL (Sun afts)
Mon-Fri peaks diverted to FALCONWOOD PARADE instead of BLACKFEN.

11.05.60

20RT

24RT

FOREST HILL - ELTHAM ( Mon-Sat ) - FALCONWOOD PARADE (Mon-Fri peaks)
Sunday service renumbered 124A because of different routeing at Avery Hill.

08.05.63

25RT

31RT

FOREST HILL STN - Perry Vale - Woolstone Road - Catford - Sangley Road - Torridan Road - Hazelbank Road - Verdant lane - Northover - Downham Lane - Grove Park - Chinbrook Road - Marvels lane - Mottingham - Eltham - Falconwood - Welling - Wickham Lane - Plumstead Corner - Plumstead Station - WOOLWICH Parsons Hill (Mon-Sat)
Extended from Eltham to Woolwich via withdrawn 126 and 195.


Extracted from 1964 historical map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map

27.01.65

22RT

26RT

FOREST HILL STN - WELLING (Mon-Fri) - WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat)
Mon-Fri service withdrawn between Welling and Woolwich except for peak hours

15.06.68

23RT

20RT

FOREST HILL STN - WELLING ( Mon-Sat ) - WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday service withdrawn between Welling and Woolwich.

RT1289 at the Catford stand - this must be a winter shot judging by the driver's greatcoat

24.07.71

24RM

15RM

Converted to RM operation.

RM1231 Forest Hill stand

08.01.72

20DMS

15DMS

FOREST HILL STN - WELLING ( Mon-Sat ) - PLUMSTEAD STN (Mon-Fri am peak) - WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri pm peak)
Converted to double deck one person operation.
Mon-Fri am peaks withdrawn between Plumstead Station and Woolwich.

DMS438 Grove Park Station stand

20DMS

15DMS

26.02.77

17DMS

15DMS

FOREST HILL STN - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Welling and Woolwich.

22.04.78

TL241+

17DMS

13DMS

4DMS

FOREST HILL - WELLING
Sunday service introduced - replacing Eltham to Welling section of 160A which was withdrawn.

04.09.82

TL241+

14DMS

11DMS

FOREST HILL STN - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn - replaced between Eltham and Welling by re-introduced 160A.

25.07.83

TL241+

14T

11T

DMS type replaced by Leyland Titan.

02.11.85

TL241+

11T

12T

FOREST HILL - ELTHAM STN (MS evenings/Suns) - ELTHAM Southend Crescent (MS except evenings) - AVERY HILL (SDO jnys) - WELLING (Mon-Fri peak jnys) or BEXLEY HOSPITAL (Sun aft jnys)
Mon-Sat withdrawn between ELTHAM Southend Crescent and Welling except for school journeys to AVERY HILL SCHOOL and one journey in each Mon-Fri peak to WELLING.
Sunday re-introduced between Forest Hill and Eltham with 4 afternoon projections to BEXLEY HOSPITAL

T818 Downham Way bound for St Dunstan's College

06.06.87

TL241+

CATFORD St Dunstan's College - ELTHAM STN (MS evenings/Suns) - ELTHAM Southend Crescent (MS except evenings) - AVERY HILL (SDO jnys) - WELLING (Mon-Fri peak jnys) or BEXLEY HOSPITAL (Sun aft jnys)
Withdrawn between Catford and Forest Hill - this section replaced by rerouteing of 108B.

01.04.89

TL241+

	London Buses was divided into 12 business units - in preparation for sell-off

03.02.90

TL61+

8MW

5MW#

CATFORD - Downham - Mottingham - Middle Park Avenue - ELTHAM Southend Crescent ( Mon-Sat ) - BEXLEY HOSPITAL (Sun aft jnys)
Converted to midibus operation and diverted at Mottingham via Middle Park Avenue and Kingsground instead of Court Road direct.
The stand at Southend Crescent was used at all times instead of shopping hours only.
The Mon-Fri peak journeys to Avery Hill and Welling remained double deck but were renumbered 124S.


Taken from June 1990 allocation book

24.07.93

TL61+

8MW

5MW#

Diverted at Hazelbank Road via Baudwin Road - Castillion Road - Boundfield Road - Battersby Road - and Waters Road to line of route at Verdant Lane instead of Hazelbank Road and Verdant Lane direct

12.03.94

TL61+

9MW

8MW

4MW

CATFORD St Dunstan's - ELTHAM Southend Crescent (Daily)
Withdrawn between Eltham and Bexley Hospital

MW9 complete with dot matrix blind is at Southend Crescent

06.09.94

TL61+

9MW

8MW

4MW

	Selkent purchased by Stagecoach

15.05.99

TL61+

10DRL

8DRL

6DRL

Converted to Dart operation.

DRL134 Southend Crescent

12.06.01

TL161+

11SLD

10SLD

6SLD

Low floor operation commences (SLD)

SLD246 Southend Crescent

28.05.05

TL161+

11SLD

10SLD

6SLD

NEW CONTRACT commences - retained by Stagecoach

34366 Catford Town Centre

30.08.06

TL161+

11DSS

9DSS

6DSS

	Stagecoach purchased by Australian Bank Macquarie trading as East London Group

14.10.10

TL161+

11DSS

10DSS

8DSS

	Company purchased by Stagecoach

36531 seen at Catford stand

26.05.12

TL161+

11ESS

12ESS

8ESS

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
Start of new 5 year contract with new short E20D/Enviro200Darts


Extracted from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map

27.05.17

TL161+

14ESS

13ESS

10ESS

Contract extended for two years

25.05.19

TL161+

14ESS

13ESS

10ESS

CATFORD - ELTHAM
Contract renewal

Route History

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