London Bus Route N53

Route History

27.10.89	NX291+	2L/T	2L/T	2L/T
	PD301+	4L	4L	4L
Duties at both garages include N77 nightly

VICTORIA BUS STATION - Westminster - Trafalgar Square - Lambeth North - Elephant & Castle. Old Kent Road - New Cross - Deptford - Lewisham Road,Lewisham - Blackheath Village - - Charlton Village - Woolwich - Plumstead Common - Upper Belvedere - ERITH Bexley Road/Cross Street
New Night Route

T876 Trafalgar Square March 1994

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28.07.95

PD301+

6L/T

OXFORD CIRCUS - Piccadilly Circus or VICTORIA - Trafalgar Square - Westminster - Elephant - New Cross - Deptford - Lewisham - Blackheath - Woolwich - Plumstead Common - then either Upper Belvedere - ERITH Bexley Road/Cross Street or Griffin Road - Plumstead - Abbey Wood - then clockwise loop THAMESMEAD
Frequency increase between Central London and Plumstead Common where the route will divide with one section going to Erith via present routeing or via Abbey Wood to Thamesmead replaacing Route N77.
A few journeys will be back projected to Oxford circus
The New Cross allocation withdrawn thus solely operated by Stagecoach Selkent - London Central involement withdrawn+

Selkent is represented here by L72 at Trafalgar Square
January 1994

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Taken from1999 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

08.01.00

PD301+

6VN

9VN

OXFORD CIRCUS - ERITH
Plumstead to Thamesmead section replaced by revised Route N1
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Victoria

28.06.02

PD301+

6VN

9VN

OXFORD CIRCUS - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE
Withdrawn between Plumstead Common and Erith - Erith was now served by New Route N89 albeit via different routeing

15.02.03

PD301+

7VN

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Oxford Circus

20.03.04
Incorporated into main service thus renumbered 53

15.06.19

PD301+

10E

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE
Night route reintroduced as a result of daytime route being cut back to County Hall