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Route History

MILE END STATION - non stop - Limehouse - West India Dock - Marshwall - Millharbour - Crossharbour Bridge - Limeharbour - East Ferry Road - Asda - Manchester Road - CUBITT TOWN Seyssel Street ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
New Route marketed as " Docklands Clipper " operated by Poplar (PR)

	LS197 Mile End

Extracted from 1984 map drawn by Darius Grigg

MILE END STATION - non stop - Limehouse - West India Dock - Marshwall - Millharbour - Crossharbour Bridge - Limeharbour - East Ferry Road - Asda - Manchester Road - Cubitt Town - Preston Road - POPLAR Bazely Street ( Mon-Sat  except evenings )
Extended from Cubitt Town to Poplar

Scanned from Getting About leaflet dated Feb 86

MILE END STATION - non stop - Limehouse - West India Dock - Marshwall - Millharbour  -  Crossharbour Bridge - Limeharbour, - East Ferry Road - Asda - Manchester Road - Marshwall - Limeharbour - ISLE OF DOGS ASDA( Mon-Sat except evenings)
Withdrawn between Queen Hotel and Poplar
Rerouted on the Isle of Dogs to operate a clockwise loop from Asda via Limeharbour, Marshwall Manchester Road and East Ferry Road
Allocation moved from West Ham (WH) to Bow (BW)

MILE END STATION - non stop - Limehouse - West India Dock - Marshwall - Millharbour  -  Crossharbour Bridge - Limeharbour, - East Ferry Road - Asda - Manchester Road - Marshwall - Limeharbour - ISLE OF DOGS ASDA( Mon-Fri except late evenings / Sat except evenings )
Mon-Fri early evening service introduced

MILE END STATION - non stop - Limehouse - West India Dock - Marshwall - Millharbour  -  Crossharbour Bridge - Limeharbour, - East Ferry Road - Asda - Manchester Road - Marshwall - Limeharbour - ISLE OF DOGS ASDA( Mon-Fri except late evenings / Sat except evenings )
Sat early evening service introduced

MILE END STATION -- ISLE OF DOGS ASDA( Mon-Fri except late evenings / Sat except evenings )
Bow (BW) allocation moved to West Ham (WH)

03.03.89
Last day of operation

Comment

In the 80s I was driving at Poplar and remember when the D1 was introduced. Like many ex trolleybus garages we had a common rota and this was fiercely defended. It was first proposed that a dedicated few drivers would work the route all the time - no lates or weekends. The route was only Mon - Fri to start with. There was uproar at a union meeting and the route was absorbed into the main rota.
Changeover point was in the garage with all buses running dead usually from Mile End.
Andrew Johnstone

Garages

PR Poplar
Changeover point was in the garage with all buses running dead usually from Mile End.

WH West Ham
Crew Changeover point at ?

BW Bow
Crew Changeover point at Mile End ?