London Bus Route 232

Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
06.08.94	PB251+	9M	9M	--

	NEW ROUTE replaces Route 112 between Brent Cross and Wood Green

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - Palmers Green - Bowes Road - Arnos Grove Stn - New Southgate Stn - Station Road - Pinkham Way - North Circular Road - Henley's Corner - Brent Cross Shopping Centre - Staples Corner - North Circular Road - Coles Green Road - Crest Road - Tanfield Avenue - Neasden Lane - North Circular Road - Great Central Way - Drury Way - Besant Way - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way ( Mon-Sat )


Extracted from map No1 dated April 1995 drawn by Mike Harris which is available from busmap.co.uk

M92 (PB251) waits for passengers at Brent Cross

26.10.94

PB251+

	London Northern purchased by MTL

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way ( Mon-Sat )
New operator

24.11.96

PB251+

10M

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way
Sunday service introduced - buses terminated at Turnpike Lane Station but ran out of service from Wood Green

03.07.98

PB251+

10M

	MTL purchased by Metroline

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way
New operator

31.07.99

PB251+

9DLD

8DLD

9DLD

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way
Converted to low floor single deck - and diverted in Neasden via Dollis Hill Lane

02.09.99	PB251+	9DLD	8DLD	9DLD
	EC	1M	--	--

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way
Double Deck SDO journey in each peak operated by Leaside Travel

M1362 is having a rest before the onslaught of little angels

04.03.00	W801+	9DLD	8DLD	9DLD
	EC	1M	--	--

WOOD GREEN - St Raphael's Estate Pitfield Way
Allocation transferred to Cricklewood

31.03.01	W801+	9DLD	8DLD	9DLD
	EC	1M	--	--

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STATION
Extended from Wood Green to Turnpike Lane Station

DLD43 approaches the new northern terminal

31.07.04

W801+

9DLD

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STATION
New Contract commenced - Arriva SDO journeys withdrawn.

21.05.05

NW81+

10DML

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STATION
Buses towards St Raphaels diverted via Brent Park Tesco
Allocation transferred to North Wembley (NW)

DML13 (HT83) - the running number is the give away that this should be NW83

30.05.09

PV151+

11MM

13MM

12MM

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STATION
North Wembley garage closed - allocation to Perivale (PV)

01.08.09

PV151+

11MM

13MM

12MM

	Contract renewal

Seen from the top deck of a 34 MM786 is seen at Bowes Road

09.06.12

W351+

10DE

9DE

8DE

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STATION
Allocation moved from Perivale (PV) to Cricklewood (W)
MM type withdrawn in favour of Dart Enviro

DE877 waits at the St Raphaels terminal for the 1435 departure

02.08.14

W351+

13DE

12DE

9DE

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STN
Contract renewal

03.08.19

NP161+

17WS

16WS

9WS

	Contract reassigned

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STN
Contract reassigned operating from Northumberland Park with new Streetlight buses

WS135 Turnpike Lane

21.03.21	NP161+	17WS	16WS	9WS
	SM907	1E	--	--

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - TURNPIKE LANE STN
One bus added for V232 supplied by Sullivan Buses

Sullivan Buses added another Route to their portfolio when they started SDO journeyson Route 232.
E53 with the makeshift blind seen here at Wood Green

With kind permission from David Mulcahy

01.08.26

NP161+

17WS

14WS

NEASDEN St Raphael's Estate - HARINGAY Heartlands
Rerouted at Wood Green Station to run to and from Haringey Heartlands via Station Road, Mayes Road and Coburg Road (towards Haringey Heartlands) or Western Road (towards St Raphael's) setting down passengers at a new bus stop on Coburg Road and picking up passengers from a new bus stop on Western Road.

Taken from 2026 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

Current Blind

Operating Garages

NP Northumberland Park
Changeover point Wood Green Station towards St Raphaels and WOOD GREEN The Broadway towards Haringay

SM South Mimms
Changeover point n/a. garage to garage on both journeys

PB Potters Bar
Changeover point Brent Cross ?

W Cricklewood
Changeover point Brent Cross

NW North Wembley
Changeover point Brent Park Tesco

PV Perivale West
Changeover point Brent Park Tesco

Live visual