01.07.64

V131+

3RT

--

3RT

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  TURNHAM GREEN 
Meal relief point changed from Riverside Garage to Liverpool Street
Frequency increase - one bus added to allocation.

31.12.66

V131+

3RT

--

3RT

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  TURNHAM GREEN  
Rerouted between South Kensington and Fulham via Cromwell Road and Earls Court Road instead of direct via Fulham Road - see exact routeing below

24.01.70

V131+

3RM

--

3RM

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  TURNHAM GREEN 
Converted to Routemaster operation - made possible by Route 117 Mon-Fri introduction with RM type

	RM718 seen on an early morning run outside National Gallery busmap.co.uk

19.09.75

V41+

3DMS

--

3DMS

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  TURNHAM GREEN 
Converted to OPO

It is clear here that the journeys arriving at Liverpool Street 0210 - 0243 and 0313 would stop for meal break

28.01.78

V41+

8DMS

8DMS

8DMS

HEATHROW CENTRAL - LIVERPOOL STREET ( nightly )
Saturday night introduction
Extended from Turnham Green to Heathrow via 237 - 81 and 140

	DMS1521 seen at Liverpool Street about to do the last journey of the day June 1978 busmap.co.uk

The journeys terminating at Terminal 2 were meal relief journeys

18.12.79

V41+

8M

8M

8M

HEATHROW CENTRAL - LIVERPOOL STREET ( nightly ) 
Converted to Metrobus type

10.05.80

V41+

9M

9M

9M

HEATHROW CENTRAL - LIVERPOOL STREET ( nightly ) 
Turnham Green (V) closure - allocation moved to Stamford Brook (V)

13.04.84

V51+

5M

5M

5M

HEATHROW CENTRAL - LIVERPOOL STREET ( nightly )
Frequency reduced

26.04.85

V51+

7M

7M

7M

HEATHROW CENTRAL - LIVERPOOL STREET ( nightly )
Rerouted between Earls Court and Hammersmith via Old Brompton Road and Lillie Road instead of Fulham Road - and Dawes Road

11.07.87

V51+

7M

7M

7M

HEATHROW - TRAFALGAR SQUARE then VICTORIA  or LIVERPOOL STREET
Journeys bifurcated at Trafalgar Square to Victoria ( an extra meal relief point )

23.04.88	V51+	7M	7M	7M
	S161+	--	1M	--

HEATHROW - TRAFALGAR SQUARE then VICTORIA  or LIVERPOOL STREET
Fri/Sat night Shepherds Bush (S) allocation introduced

06.01.90	AV51+	3M	6M	3M
	S161+	3M	6M	3M

HEATHROW - TRAFALGAR SQUARE then VICTORIA  or LIVERPOOL STREET
Stamford Brook (V) withdrawn
Shepherds Bush (S) and Hounslow (AV) nightly allocation introduced

18.07.92	AV51+	3M	5M	3M
	S161+	3M	5M	3M

HEATHROW - VICTORIA
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Liverpool Street

25.02.94

AV31+

5M

8M

5M

HEATHROW or SUNBURY VILLAGE - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Victoria
Bifurcation introduced to run via withdrawn Route N67 from Hounslow to Sunbury
Shepherds Bush (S) withdrawn

	M1353 seen working a journey to Sunbury which was treated to SUNBURY ON THAMES destination seen in March 1994 Trafalgar Square busmap.co.uk

30.08.96

AV31+

5M

14M

5M

HEATHROW - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Hounslow and Sunbury Village without replacement

05.03.99	AV31+	5M	13M	5M
	S405	--	1M	1M

HEATHROW - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Fri/Sat night Shepherds Bush (S) reintroduced

28.09.01	AV31+	7VA	10VA	7VA
	S431+	--	3VA	--

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Heathrow and Hammersmith - this section replaced by Revised N9

27.06.03	AV31+	2VA	4VA	2VA
	S421+	4VA	7VA	4VA

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Nightly allocation now at Shepherds Bush (S)

23.01.04

S421+

6VA

10VA

6VA

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Hounslow (AV) withdrawn

VE9 Piccadilly © Brian Creasey

03.09.04	AV31+	6VA	9VA	6VA
	S421+	--	2VA	--

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Nightly allocation reintroduced at Hounslow (AV)
Shepherds Bush (S) reduced to Fri/Sat only

TLA28 Northumberland Avenue © Brian Creasey

11.11.05

S421+

4VA

9VA

4VA

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Hounslow (AV) withdrawn
Shepherds Bush (S) now nightly

Taken from 2012 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

29.03.14

S421+

4SP

9SP

4SP

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
VA type replaced by SP

SP40 Hammersmith Bus Station © Jack Marian

05.03.16

AS

6VH

10VH

10VH

	CONTRACT REASSIGNED

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
New operator

	VH38122 Fulham Palace Road © Jeff Holland

02.07.17

X

6VH

11VH

11VH

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Atlas Road (AS) allocation moved to Westbourne Park (X)

28.10.17

X

5VH

5VH

5VH

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Weekend PVR much reduced as a result of all night service introduction on Piccadilly Line

VH38125 Piccadilly © Aubrey Morandarte

06.03.21

X

5VH

5VH

5VH

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Contract extended for two years

11.12.21

X601+

6VH

7VH

7VH

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Operation transferred to London Transit (part of RATP Group) at Westbourne Park Garage.

06.01.23

X601+

6VH

7VH

5VH

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
End of temporary frequency increase on N97.
Route restored to running at 2bph on Friday and Saturday nights

04.03.23	AF191+	3EH+	4EH	4EH
		+3 EX 430	+2 EX 430	+2 EX 430

Contract reassigned

HAMMERSMITH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
New operator

EH96 Hammersmith Bus Station © Jack Marian

Current Blind

 

Garages

AF Chelverton Road
Meal reliefs taken at Putney Garage