London Bus Route 160

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
04.05.38	TL	8ST	11ST	9ST

CATFORD St Dunstan's College - Catford Bridge - Brownhill Road - Westhorne Avenue - Eltham Green - Middle Park Avenue - Eltham Church - Eltham Park - Rochester Way - Welling Way - WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick
New Route serving new Roads between Catford and Eltham but replacing Route 227 between Eltham and Welling


Extracted from June 1939 historical drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

13.12.39

8STL

12STL

10STL

CATFORD - WELLING
ST type replaced by STL

19.04.44	TL	6STL	8STL+	6STL
			1STL/54

CATFORD - WELLING
New schedule

20.10.48

8RT

11RT

CATFORD - WELLING
STL type replaced by new RT type

	RT4616 is is Brownhill Road - Catford - opposite Plassy Road. There's a glimpse of the Salvation Army chapel which still exists in some form.

30.04.58

9RT

11RT

8RT

08.05.63

9RT

CATFORD - WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick(Mon-Sat)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

	Health & safety might have something to say about the timecard sat in the windscreen RT189 at the SDC Stand

07.09.68

9RT

CATFORD - WELLING WELLING Nags Head Lane (Mon-Sat)
Withdrawn between Guy Earl of Warwick and Nags Head Lane. Exact date in 1968 not known but was shown on September Red Book

24.01.70

10SM

8SM

CATFORD St Dunstan's College - WELLING Nags Head Lane
Converted to single deck one person operation.

SM9 Eltham High Street

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27.06.76

TL101+

10SMD

8SMD

CATFORD St Dunstan's College - WELLING Nags Head Lane
Type change

28.01.78

TL101+

10DMS

8DMS

CATFORD St Dunstan's College - WELLING Nags Head
Converted to double deck operation.

22.04.78

TL101+

7DMS

3DMS

CATFORD St Dunstan's College (Mon-Sat) or CATFORD GARAGE (Suns) - WELLING
Sunday service re-introduced.
This was part of Busplan 1 - an excercise in standardising routes and withdrawing suffix letters

08.09.82

TL101+

7DMS

5DMS

CATFORD - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

D2582 Eltham High Street , May 1983

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25.07.83

TL101+

CATFORD - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Converted from Daimler Fleetline to Leyland Titan.

02.11.85

TL101+

CATFORD - Middle Park - Eltham - Eltham Park - Hook Lane - Welling - Bexleyheath - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Extended from Welling to Bexleyheath Garage and introduced on Sunday replacing Route 160A


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T1067 Eltham Church

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03.02.87

TL101+

7LS

2LS

CATFORD - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Converted to single deck Leyland National.

08.07.89

TL81+

5SR

4SR

3SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent -; Falconwood - Westwood Lane - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Withdrawn between Eltham and Welling except for school journeys - most replaced by New Midibus Route B16

29.07.89

TL81+

5SR

4SR

##11SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Sunday joint allocation with 108b,180,273,L1

SR61 Elltham High Street

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03.02.90

TL81+

5SR

4SR

##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Sunday buses ex 124

01.09.90

TL81+

4SR/MW

##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
School journeys to Welling withdrawn.

24.04.93

TL81+

4SR/MW

2SR/MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
Sunday allocation now confined to 160.

DW63 at Eltham

02.03.94

TL46+

4LA

3MW

	LA type introduced.

	Dennis Lance Alexander LA9 in Eltham High Street

19.08.95

TL101+

3MR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
Converted from single deck LA to double deck Olympian.

	The new order represented here by L81 at Eltham

15.09.96

TL101+

9DAL

8DAL

4DAL

CATFORD - Eltham - New Eltham - Southwood Road - Green Lane - Chislehurst - Perry Street - Queen Mary's Hospital - SIDCUP STATION
Extended from Eltham to Sidcup via Chislehurst replacing part of withdrawn 228.
Olympians replaced by Alexandra Dash Darts.

DT32 Catford Bridge Station, unusually for London using a three track number blind

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29.07.00

TL1+

10T/VN

9T/VN

4T/VN

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Withdrawn between Rushey Green and St Dunstan's College in Catford.
Converted from single deck to double deck operation.

	Seen here in Jubillee Way Sidcup is VN101

09.02.02

TL1+

11TAS

9TAS

6TAS

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Converted to low floor operation.

TAS469 Sidcup stand

16.09.06

DT8+

11dd

10dd

8dd

	New contract awarded to ARRIVA KENT THAMESIDE operated from Dartford Garage

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Rerouted between ST Mildred's Road and Catford Town Centre via Verdant Lane - Sandhurst Road and Sangley Road instead of direct via Brownhill Road.

	Arriva 6458 on route 160 in Footscray Road, New Eltham © John King

17.09.11

DT8+

11dd

10dd

8dd

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Contract renewal

	AD Enviro Dart 10.8m 4029 Chislehurst Common

28.11.15

DT11+

12E

11E

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Running number sequence change with PVR increase


Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

17.09.16	DT11+	12E+	12E	8E
		+1E/660

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Contract renewal

29.10.16

DT11+

13T

12T

	Official transfer from AKT to Arriva London

	Since Arriva London took over the management duties of Dartford Garage routes they have adopted the policy of showing running numbers as exampled here by T325 at Queen Mary's

01.09.18

DT121+

13T

12T

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Running Number sequence change

18.09.21

TL301+

13EV

10EV

Contract reassigned

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
New contract with StagecoacH with new BYD electric double deckers

14156 seen at

21.09.24

TL301+

14EV

11EV

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Contract renewal

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Operating Garages

TL Catford
Changeover point Catford Town Centre, Town Hall
2000-2006 at the garage
2021 buses Thomas Lane stand and busesrun light to garage for changeovers

DT Dartford
Changeover point Sidcup Station but previously had been Eltham High Street and Queen Mary's Hospital

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Current Blind

Operating Garages

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