Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
08.07.89
BX251+
6SR
6SR
2SR
New service

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE  -  Bexleyheath  -  Welling  -  Falconwood  -  Eltham Park  -  ELTHAM STATION ( Sunday )  -  Eltham Hill  -  KIDBROOKE Ferrier Estate ( Mon-Sat )
New Route - replaces most of Route 160 between Eltham and Welling and Route B1 between Eltham and Kidbroke

110 Eltham Church

busmap.co.uk


02.09.89
BX251+
3MRL
3SR
3MRL
3SR
2SR

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE  -  Bexleyheath  -  Welling  -  Falconwood  -  Eltham Park  -  ELTHAM STATION ( Sunday )  -  Eltham Hill  -  KIDBROOKE Ferrier Estate ( Mon-Sat )
3SR transferred to Catford for Route 138

MRL139 Bexleyheath

© Mark Pitman


06.10.90
BX251+
6SR
6SR
2SR

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE ( Mon-Fri - Sat evgs - and Sun )  -  BEXLEYHEATH Shopping Centre ( Sat except evgs )  -  ELTHAM STN ( Suns )  -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate (Mon-Sat )
Sat except evenings withdrawn in Bexleyheath between Shopping Centre and garage

SR55 seen at ?

19.01.91
BX251+
6SR
6SR
2SR

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE ( Mon-Fri - Sat evgs - and Sun )  -  BEXLEYHEATH Shopping Centre ( Sat except evgs )  -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate ( Daily )
Sun extended from Eltham to Kidbrooke

11.07.92
BX251+
7SR
7SR
3SR

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGEKIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate
Revised to run end to end at all times

01.04.95
BX251+
7DRL
9DRL
3DRL

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate
see map


Extracted from 1995 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

23.01.99
BX251+
7DRL
7DRL
3DRL

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate
Contract renewal

DRL13 seen at the familiar clock tower at Bexleyheath

 


01.08.99
BX251+
7DML
7DML
3DML

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate
Converted to low floor operation

 

DML2 Bexleyheath

 


22.01.11
BX251+
8LDP
8LDP
4LDP

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE -  KIDBROOKE  Ferrier Estate
Contract renewal

 

LDP4 Bexleyheath

 


27.06.13
BX251+
8SE
8SE
4SE

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE   -  KIDBROOKE Wingfield School
Due to demolition of Kidbrooke Estate rerouted directly along Kidbrooke Park Road then double running along Weigall Road and Moorhead Way to turning circle outside Wingfield School

SE59 Bexleyheath Garage

© Bexleybus


23.01.16
BX251+
9SE
9SE
4SE

BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE   -  KIDBROOKE Wingfield School
Contract extended for two years

Taken from 2017 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

25.11.17
BX251+
9SE
9SE
4SE

Kidbrooke – Eltham – Eltham Park – Falconwood – Welling – Bexleyheath 
Kidbrooke Wingfield School - Moorhead Way - Weigall Road - Kidbrooke Park Road - Cambert Way - Ryan Close - Tudway Road - Kidbrooke Park Road - Eltham Road - Eltham Green - Eltham Hill - Eltham High Street - Westmount Road - Eltham Park - Rochester Way - Falconwood Station - Lingfield Crescent - Millbrook Avenue - Northumberland Avenue - Sutherland Avenue - Buckingham Avenue - The Green - Hook Lane - Westwood Lane - Bellegrove Road (for Welling Station) - Welling Corner - Welling High Street - Park View Road - Crook Log - Broadway - Arnsberg Way - Geddes Place - Bexleyheath - Mayplace Road West - Erith Road - Bexleyheath Bus Garage

Bexleyheath – Welling – Falconwood – Eltham Park – Eltham – Kidbrooke 
Bexleyheath Bus Garage - Erith Road - Mayplace Road West - Arnsberg Way - Geddes Place - Bexleyheath - Market Place - Friswell Place - Arnsberg Way - Broadway - Crook Log - Park View Road - Welling High Street - Welling Corner - Bellegrove Road (for Welling Station) - Westwood Lane - Hook Lane - The Green - Buckingham Avenue - Sutherland Avenue - Northumberland Avenue - Millbrook Avenue - Lingfield Crescent - Falconwood Station - Rochester Way - Eltham Park - Westmount Road - ElthamHigh Street - Eltham Hill - Eltham Green - Eltham Road - Kidbrooke Park Road - Cambert Way - Ryan Close - Tudway Road - Kidbrooke Park Road - Weigall Road - Moorhead Way - Kidbrooke Wingfield School
REVISED ROUTEING at Kidbroke as shown above

E51 Kidbrooke terminus

© MrLewishamBoy


21.01.23
BX251+
9SE
10SE
6SE

BEXLEYHEATH  - KIDBROKE
Contract extended for two years

 

Current Blind



B16

 

Garage

BX Bexleyheath
Changeover point at garage

Comment
There have been various different routeings at Kidbrooke which I am trying to get details - if any reader can fill the gaps please let me know
A look at the stands and turning points document shows a stand at Eltham Station and the blind to show ELTHAM STN but last drop off point is Eltham High Street

 

 

© Ian Armstrong 2023
Date of edit   Sunday, 15.10.23