Route History

28.04.90
AL161+
D ex155
D ex155
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COLLIERS WOOD STATION - Tooting - Balham - Clapham - Stockwell - Kennington - ELEPHANT & CASTLE (Monday-Saturday)
New Route partly replacing withdrawn section of service 88 (Clapham & Tooting)

D2532 Clapham Common Station

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25.05.91
AL161+
9M
10M
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MITCHAM Cricketers - Tooting - Balham - Clapham - Stockwell - Kennington - ELEPHANT & CASTLE (Monday-Saturday)
Re-routed at Tooting to Mitcham - Route 219 and 355 exchanged southern terminals

M1215 at the gaudy E & C shopping centre

28.11.92
AL171+
12DW
12DW
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MITCHAM  -  ELEPHANT & CASTLE
Converted to One Person Operation (midibus)

DW57 Elephant & Castle

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29.06.96
AL171+
10DW
10DW
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MITCHAM Cricketers - Tooting - Balham - Clapham - STOCKWELL STATION.
Withdrawn between Stockwell & Elephant & Castle

DR46 London Road, Mitcham

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29.05.99
AL171+
11LDP
11LDP
6LDP

MITCHAM Cricketers - Tooting - Balham - Clapham Common - Clapham North - Landor Road - BRIXTON STN return via Stockwell Station and Clapham Road.
Service revised as above and introduced on Sundays and converted to low floor operation.

LDP254 Tooting Bec


30.04.05
AL171+
12LDP
13LDP
10LDP

MITCHAM Cricketers - Tooting - Balham - Clapham South - Cavendish Road - Poynders Road - Kings Avenue - Acre Lane - BRIXTON STN
Diverted at Clapham South via Kings Avenue and Acre Lane to Brixton instead of Landor Road. Withdrawn section replaced by Route 322

11.12.10
AL171+
12LDP
12LDP
9LDP

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract renewal

Optare Esteem SOE27 Tooting Broadway

SE5 Mitcham

© Adam Murray


31.03.12
Q881+
12LDP
12LDP
9LDP
logo Contract transferred to London Central
within GA-L

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract transferred to London Central (Q)

The New Short Demo Mercedes Benz Citaro Seen on trial to Go Ahead London after previously working for Quality Line on the X26. Seen here in Brixton on Route 355 to Mitcham

Friday 20th September 2013

© London Transport3 / Mark Mcwalter 2013

 


01.05.14
Q881+
12LDP
12LDP
9LDP

Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris
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12.12.15
Q881+
12SOE
12SOE
9SOE

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract extended for two years

Route 355, London General, PVL87, W487WGH, Mitcham

© Brian Kemp

27.08.16
C101+
12LDP
11LDP
10LDP
LOGO

Contract novated with GA_L to Metrobus

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON 
Transferred from Camberwell (Q) to Croydon (C), this would have partly compensated for the loss of Route 64 at Croydon

Metrobus 213 sadly having to do with makeshift blinds seen here at Mitcham

© Aubrey Morandarte


09.12.17
C101+
12WS
11WS
10WS

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract renewal with new buses

WS102 Brixton

© Kent Explorer


10.12.22
C101+
12WS
11WS
10WS

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract extended for two years

WVL510

Several double deckers are seen on this route regularly as witnessed here by WVL510

© Ryan Fielding


30.09.23
Q181+
12WS
13WS
9WS
logo
Reallocated to Camberwell (Q) thus under London Central management

MITCHAM  -  BRIXTON
Contract extended for two years

Current Blind



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Operating Garages

Q Camberwell
Changeover point CLAPHAM SOUTH

AL Merton
Changeover point 1990 - 1991 ?
Changeover point 1991 + Tooting Broadway - Mitcham Road

C Croydon
Changeover point Mitcham Library, London Road / Down Road

Live visual

 

 


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© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Thursday, 07.03.24