TUFNELL PARK Hotel - Brecknock Road - York Way - Kings Cross - Euston - Russell Square - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - WATERLOO (Monday-Saturday)
NEW ROUTE: This replaced Route 239

10.07.51	CF	20RTL	12RTL	--
	J	4RT	--	--
	Q	21RTL	20RTL	11RTL

TUFNELL PARK Hotel,(Monday-Saturday) Brecknock Road - York Way - Kings Cross - Euston - Russell Square - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - WATERLOO (Sunday) -  Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Herne Hill - West Norwood - Upper Norwood - NORWOOD JUNCTION
Extended daily from Waterloo to Norwood Junction replacing withdrawn 68A.
Sunday service introduced Waterloo to Norwood Junction.
Q allocation added.

Scanned from October 1953 Red Book

	RTL432 on Route 196 from Chalk Farm (CF) Garage in 1952.  © Chris Stanley

10.01.54	CF	20RTL	12RTL	--
	J	4RT	--	--
	N	--	--	6RT
	Q	20RTL	20RTL	6RTL

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  WATERLOO ( Suns )  -  TUFNELL PARK ( Mon-Sat )
N allocation added on Sundays

17.03.54	CF	20RTL	12RTL	--
	N	--	--	6RT
	Q	25RTL	20RTL	6RTL

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  WATERLOO ( Suns )  -  TUFNELL PARK ( Mon-Sat )
J allocation withdrawn.

01.05.57	CF	19RTL	10RTL	--
	Q	24RTL	19RTL	11RTL

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  WATERLOO ( Suns )  -  TUFNELL PARK ( Mon-Sat )
N allocation withdrawn.

16.10.57	CF	19RTL	10RTL	--
	N	--	--	6RT
	Q	24RTL	19RTL	5RTL

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  WATERLOO ( Suns )  -  TUFNELL PARK ( Mon-Sat )
N allocation re-introduced.

26.11.58	CF	17RTL	7RTL
	Q	22RTL	11RTL

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
Sunday service withdrawn - partly replaced by extending service 40 from Camberwell Green to Norwood Junction on that day.

14.08.63	CF	--	7RTL	--
	HT	14RTL	--	--
	Q	19RTL	10RTL	--

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
Monday-Friday CF allocation transferred to HT.

<	RTL110 & 903 Norwood Junction

29.01.64	HT	14RTL	3RTL	--
	Q	19RTL	15RTL

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
Saturday only CF allocation withdrawn.
Saturday HT introduced.

01.07.64	HT	14RTL	6RTL	--
	Q	19RTL	14RTL

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
Timetable below

03.10.65	HT	14RTL	--	--
	Q	19RTL	16RTL

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
Saturday HT withdrawn.

16.05.66	HT	14RT	--	--
	Q	19RTL	16RTL

TUFNELL PARK - NORWOOD JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday)
HT allocation converted from RTL to RT.

	RT1058Tufnell Park stand

27.03.71

Q

19RM

11RM

--

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  EUSTON (Monday-Saturday)
Withdrawn between Euston and Tufnell Park - this section replaced by   new 239  Tufnell Park and Waterloo.

05.01.74

N91+

7RM

5RM

3RM

NORWOOD JUNCTION - BRIXTON STATION
Sunday service introduced
Diverted at Herne Hill to Brixton via Route 3.
Withdrawn section covered by strengthened 68.
Q allocation transferred to N

RML2714 Brixton Water Lane busmap.co.uk

25.04.81

SW211+

7RM

5RM

3RM

NORWOOD JUNCTION - BRIXTON - STOCKWELL STATION ( garage journeys )
N allocation transferred to SW.

07.09.82

Q21+

6T

7T

5T

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -   BRIXTON - CAMBERWELL GREEN ( garage journeys )
Converted to One Man Operation and transferred from SW to Q

27.04.85

N121+

6M

4M

3M

NORWOOD JUNCTION  -  BRIXTON
Q allocation transferred to N

03.08.85

N121+

11M

4M

3M

NORWOOD JUNCTION - BRIXTON STN - KENNINGTON (Monday-Friday peaks) - Westminster - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych - Kingsway - Bloomsbury - Rosebery Avenue - ISLINGTON GREEEN (Monday-Friday early am jnys)
Monday-Friday peaks extended from Brixton to Kennington and further extended early morning journeys to Islington Green replacing part of  withdrawn 172.

M1220 seen here on an early morning journey at Islington High Street busmap.co.uk

07.02.87

Cityrama

dd

dd

dd

	Operation transferred to Cityrama

NORWOOD JUNCTION - BRIXTON STN - KENNINGTON (Monday-Friday peaks) - ISLINGTON GREEEN (Monday-Friday early am jnys)
New operator

	Olympian E964PME  seen at Norwood Junction busmap.co.uk

28.10.89

CM

AN

AN

AN

	Contract reassigned

NORWOOD JUNCTION -  BRIXTON STN -  KENNINGTON (Monday-Friday peaks) - -ISLINGTON GREEEN (Monday-Friday early am jnys)
Operation transferred to London & Country under 6 month temporary LRT contracty

	AN124 seen in Brixton

28.04.90

SW71+

10D

5VC

4VC

	Contract reassigned

24.10.92

SW71+

7VC

5VC

4VC

BRIXTON STATION - NORWOOD JUNCTION
Withdrawn between Brixton to Islington.
The early morning journeys replaced by new 3B which was derived from the 196 allocation.

30.08.97

Q171+

8T

5T

3T

	Contract reassigned to London Central

BRIXTON STATION - NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract reassigned to London Central (Q and VC replaced by Leyland Titan.

	Leyland Titan T941 Norwood Junction

10.04.99

SW71+

7VC

5VC

3VC

	Contract reassigend

BRIXTON STATION - NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract transferred with the Go-Ahead group to London General (SW) and Volvos replace Titans.

	VC33 Brixton Station © Phillip Hambling

05.05.01

BC41+

8TA

8TA

5TA

	Contract reassigned

BRIXTON STATION - NORWOOD JUNCTION
Reassigned to Connex operating from Beddington garage

	TA37 Norwood Junction © Eamonn Kentell

26.02.04

BC41+

8TA

8TA

5TA

	Contract novated to Travel London

30.04.05

BC41+

13TA

12TA

7TA

NORWOOD JUNCTION - Brixton - Stockwell - Landsowne Way - Wandsworth Road - Vauxhall - Kennington Lane - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
Daily extended via withdrawn section of Route 322 from Brixton to Elephant & Castle.

	TA37 Herne Hil  Brian Creasey

06.05.06

SW191+

13E

12E

7E

	New contract awarded to London General (SW) operated by new Trident Enviro 400's

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract reassigned to London General (SW)

	E15 Herne Hill

07.05.11

SW191+

14E

12E

7E

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract renewal

	WVL123 seen in Brixton is brought out to assist © Lawrence Living

07.05.16

SW191+

16E

15E

9E

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract extended for two years

05.05.18

WL501+

16EH

15EH

9EH

	Contract reassigned to Abeliio

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Contract awarded to Abellio working from Walworth (WL)

	2608 ELEPHANT & CASTLE © Lawrence Living

05.05.18

WL501+

15EH

14EH

8EH

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Reduced running times, new schedules

01.03.23

WL501+

15EH

14EH

8EH

Abellio purchased by Transport UK

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
New operator

28.10.23

QB561+

16EH

15EH

9EH

ELEPHANT & CASTLE  -  NORWOOD JUNCTION
Allocation moved from Walworth (WL) to Battersea (QB0, this was to make room for the new Route 363 contract.

 

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2023 Map

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Taken from 2023 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

Current Blind

Operating Garages

QB Battersea
Changeover point Durham Street sb  or St Ann'sChurch nb, Vauxhall

WL Walworth
Changeover point Elephant & Castle
Certain late duties go on to work N68

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