Route History
Date of introduction |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
05.05.48 |
T |
3LT |
3LT |
3LT |
LOUGHTON STATION - Buckhurst Hill High Road - Palmerston Road - Roding Lane - Chigwell Rise - Chigwell Road - Station Road - Hainault Road - Fenpiece Road - BARKINGSIDE Old Maypole
26.10.49 |
T |
3STD |
3STD |
3RT |
Type change
03.05.50 |
T |
3STD |
3STD |
3STD |
Sunday service reverted to STD
11.10.50 |
L |
5STD |
5STD |
5STD |
LOUGHTON
GARAGE - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD
Extended in Loughton to the Garage and from Barkingside to Ilford
Leyton (T) allocation transferred to Loughton (L)
17.10.51 |
L |
6STD |
6STD |
6STD |
DEBDEN
Chester Road - Loughton - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
Extended from Loughton Garage to Debden Estate
19.05.54 |
L |
6STD |
6STD |
6STD |
DEBDEN
BROADWAY - Willingale Road - Chester Road - Pyrles lane - Goldings Hill - Loughton -
- ILFORD STATION
Extended from Debden Estate to Debden Broadway.
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16.03.55 |
L |
6RT |
6RT |
6RT |
STD type replaced by RT.
30.04.58 |
L |
7RT |
6RT |
6RT |
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Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List |
11.05.60 |
L |
7RT |
6RT |
6RT |
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| This entry has been taken from the May 1960 allocation book which is available for sale |
03.07.71 |
L |
9SMS |
7SMS |
4SMS |
Converted to single deck one person operation.
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SMS549 Gants Hill with an RM on a 123 following
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12.09.76 |
L |
9DMS |
7DMS |
4DMS |
Converted to double deck operation.
31.03.79 |
L101+ |
7DMS |
6DMS |
3DMS |
DEBDEN
STATION ,Rectory Lane - Loughton - Loughton Station - Loughton - Buckhurst
Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
SDO jnys DEBDEN STATION - WEST HATCH SCHOOL
Revised to double run via Loughton Station and SDO
journeys introduced to West Hatch School from Debden
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DMS1631 York Road - Ilford
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28.01.82 |
L101+ |
7T |
4T |
3T |
Converted to Leyland Titan operation.
04.09.82 |
L101+ |
5LS |
5LS |
2LS |
LOUGHTON
STATION - Oakwood Hill - Debden Lane - Church Hill - Loughton Station - Loughton
Way - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
Rerouted between Buckhurst Hill and Loughton Station
via Loughton Way - Valley Hill - Roding Road - Station Road - Loughton High Road -
Rectory Lane - Debden Station - Oakwood Hill - and Roding Road thus terminating
at Loughton Station instead of Debden Station. This was an exchange of routeings with 250
Converted to single deck operation with Leyland Nationals.
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Leylnad National LS208 at the
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24.05.86 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
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New contract |
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Operation transferred to Eastern National from a depot in Walthamstow - and Loughton Garage closed.
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Click to expand |
14.08.88 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
DEBDEN
STATION - Debden - Chester Road - Pyrles Lane - Rectory Lane - Church Hill -
Loughton Station - Loughton Way - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell Station - Grange Hill -
Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
Rerouted in Debden via Debden Estate
31.10.88 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
One Mon-Fri am peak journey revised to start from Woodford Green - Debden
29.07.90 |
TW |
sd |
sd |
sd |
Operation transferred to Thamesway - joint allocation with Route 20
07.03.92 |
DX |
5sd |
5sd |
3sd |
Operation transferred to Grey Green - operated from Barking Depot
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DAF Ikarus 930 at Hainault Street stand
This image available on Bus Photos page
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08.03.97 |
DX61+ |
8SLF |
7SLF |
3SLF |
Start of new contract with low floor buses.
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Dennis Dart Alexander ADL963 ILFORD POST OFFICE
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09.03.02 |
D1+ |
10SLF |
10SLF |
5SLF |
EM |
1M |
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Contract assigned to Docklands Buses operated from a base in Silvertown BUT ONE SCHOOLDAY ONLY JOURNEY with Leaside Travel.
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Caetano Nimbus at ILFORD POST OFFICE |
This rare shot of M1326 on the 167 seen at ? |
This image available with the GO-AHEAD London download |
This image available with the Metrobus download |
18.09.06 |
SI1+ |
10SLF |
10SLF |
5SLF |
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Docklands Buses now under Go Ahead management |
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25.06.11 |
BE41+ |
9ED |
8ED |
5ED |
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Now operated by Blue Triangle from Rainham (BE) |
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MCV Evolution ED23 seen in the shadows at Barkingside This image available with the GO-AHEAD London download |
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10.03.12 |
BE41+ |
9ED |
8ED |
5ED |
Contract renewal
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| Extracted from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map |
02.07.16 |
RR41+ |
9ED |
8ED |
5ED |
Rainham (BE) closed, allocation moved to River Road (RR)
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SOE27 makes a rogue appearance shortly before the contract is transferred to Stagecoach Click image to enlarge © Ian Jordan |
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LDP198 is seen at Loughton Station which will shortly become the northern terminus © Ian Jordan |
11.03.17 |
BK151+ |
7SE |
7SE |
4SE |
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Contract reassigned |
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ILFORD - LOUGHTON STATION
Withdrawn between Loughton and Debden, at school times this section replaced by Route 677
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Dart e200 10.2m seen in Ilford with the new destination showing |
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24.04.17 |
BK151+ |
7SE |
7SE |
4SE |
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New MMC Enviro 36660 shows off the new branding for the Barkingside scheme |
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Operating Garages
BK Barking
Changeover point Ilford
RR River Road, Barking
Changeover point Ilford
L
Loughton
Changeover point outside garage
DX
Barking
Changeover point Ilford
T
Leyton
Changeover point ?
DB
Silvertown
Changeover point is Ilford Hainault Street - we have
11 of the dart/nimbus combo buses but only use 10 a day numbered D1 through to
D10 - with 21 M - F duties using 10 buses 20 Saturday duties using 10 buses
and 10 Sunday duties using 4 buses .
We use either a de licensed black taxi or a peugeot 205 and some times a
dark metallic blue transit van plastered in Docklands minibus logo.
Thanks to Graham - a driver at Docklands for this information.
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