Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
25.09.93
U321+
7MRL
7MRL
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logo NEW ROUTE

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - Freemasons Road - New Barn Street - Balaam Street - Plaistow - Upton Lane - Forest Gate - Katherine Road - Plashet Grove - High Street North - East Ham - Barking Rd - North Circular Rd - Claps Gate Lane - BECKTON Savacentre (Mon-Sat)
NEW ROUTE
replacing Route 278 between Prince Regent and Forest Gate

 

 

MRL10 at Beckton Savacentre

 


16.09.95
U321+
7DRL
7DRL
--

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre ( Mon-Sat )
Upgraded to DRL

 

SR60 at Beckton

 


19.07.97
U321+
8DRL
8DRL
6DRL

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Rerouted via Beckton Showcase Cinemas and Sunday service introduced.

01.05.99
BK41+
8DRL
8DRL
6DRL

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Reallocated to Barking (BK)

04.12.99
BK41+
8SLD
8SLD
4SLD

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Converted to low floor buses

04.03.00
BK41+
8SLD
8SLD
5SLD

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Start of new contract


05.03.05
BK41+
9DM
9DM
9DM

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Contract renewal


18.07.09
U171+
9DM
9DM
9DM

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Reallocated from Barking (BK) to Upton Park (U)
This was part of a balancing act - the 300 and 325 moved from Barking to Upton Park.The 115 U allocation moved to WH.The WH allocation for Route 86 moved to NS
The NS allocation of Route 5 moved to Barking thus completing the circle.

 

34924 Prince Regent

 


06.03.10
DX51+
11ENL
11ENL
8ENL
New contract awarded to Arriva
operating from the Barking (DX) base

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
New operator

09.01.12
DX51+
11ENL
11ENL
8ENL

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Diverted between Barking Road and Jenkins Lane via Highbridge Road and Fresh Wharf Road


07.03.15
DX51+
12ENL
11ENL
8ENL

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Contract extended for two years

 

 

ENL50 Prince Regent Station

 


04.03.17
DX51+
12ENL
11ENL
8ENL

PRINCE REGENT DLR  -  EAST BECKTON
Contract renewal

29.08.20
DX51+
11ENL
11ENL
8ENL
 
DX63+
2T
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--

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Mon-Fri Covid extras introduced

T172 East Beckton

© Edward S


06.03.22
DX51+
12ENL
12ENL
9ENL

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
Contract extended for two years

ENL74

ENL74 Victoria Dock Road

© Anthony Moore


02.03.24
RR401+
12SE
12SE
7SE
LOGO
New operator

PRINCE REGENT DLR STN - BECKTON Savacentre
New 7 year contract

SE130 Prince Regent

SE130 Prince Regent

© Busocculation

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Operating Garages

RR River Road
Crew changeover point

DX Barkiing
Crew changeover point Beckton Sainsbury

BK Barking
Crew changeover point Newham Town Hall

U Upton Park
Crew changeover point Newham Town Hall

2022 Map

January 2022
Extracted from 2022 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

Live visual

 


325 stands

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Thursday, 28.03.24