Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
18.09.99
SD301+
12SLD
10SLD
9SLD
Stagecoach. logo New contract

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital. Bethnal Green Station - Valance Road - New Road - Shadwell - Wapping - Limehouse - Westferry - Canary Wharf ( double run ) - West Ferry Road - Millwall - Island Gardens Station - Manchester Road - Marshwall - Limeharbour - ISLE OF DOGS Asda
New OPO Route

Scanned from leaflet dated 13.10.01

28.04.01
BW161+
13SLD
14SLD
9SLD

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital - ISLE OF DOGS Asda
Reallocated from Stratford (SD) to Bow (BW)

2001 leaflet

23.03.02
SD21+
13SLD
13SLD
10SLD

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital - ISLE OF DOGS Asda
Reallocated from Bow (BW) back to Stratford (SD)
New schedule introduced to improve inter working with other routes

Part of the allocation book library which is for sale
Allocation Books


23.02.08
WH21+
16DS
16DS
10DS

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital  -  ISLE OF DOGS Crossharbour
Stratford (SD) closure - allocation moved to Canning Town (WH)

 

DS209 Crossharbour Asda

 

 


19.09.09
WH21+
15EM
15EM
13EM

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital  -  ISLE OF DOGS Crossharbour
Contract renewal

 

 

Enviro Dart 36347 Crossharbour Asda

 

 


20.09.14
WH21+
15EM
15EM
13EM

BETHNAL GREEN Chest Hospital  -  ISLE OF DOGS Crossharbour
Contract extended for two years

11.06.16
WH801+
15EM
15EM
13EM

BETHNAL GREEN Bonner Road  -  ISLE OF DOGS Crossharbour
Running number sequence change

17.09.16
WH801+
13EM
13EM
12EM

BETHNAL GREEN Bonner Road  -  Canary Wharf  -  Cartier Circle  -  Billingsgate Market  -  Aspen Way  -  Leamouth Roundabout  LEAMOUTH Saffron Avenue
Withdrawn between Canary Wharf and Crossharbour , this section replaced by Routes 135 & 277

29.04.17
WH801+
14EM
14EM
12EM

Leamouth – Canary Wharf – Limehouse – Wapping – Bethnal Green 
Leamouth Orchard Place - Orchard Place (south slip) - Lower Lea Crossing - Newport Avenue - Blackwall Lane - Baffin Way - Preston's Road - Trafalgar Way - Cartier Circle - Churchill Place - The South Colonnade - Canary Wharf (DLR) Station - The South Colonnade - Cabot Square - West India Avenue - Westferry Circus (upper level) - Westferry Road - Salter Street - Westferry Station - Salter Street - West India Dock Road - Commercial Road - Limehouse Station - Commercial Road - Butcher Row - The Highway - Glamis Road - Wapping Wall - Garnet Street - Wapping High Street - Wapping Station - Wapping Lane - The Highway - King David Lane - Cable Street - Shadwell Station - Cable Street - Cannon Street Road - New Road - Whitechapel - Vallance Road - Bethnal Green Road - Bethnal Green (Central Line) Station - Cambridge Heath Road - Old Ford Road - Bonner Road - Bethnal Green Bonner Road

Bethnal Green – Wapping – Limehouse – Canary Wharf – Leamouth 
Bethnal Green Bonner Road - Bonner Road - Approach Road - Old Ford Road - Cambridge Heath Road - Bethnal Green (Central Line) Station - Bethnal Green Road - Vallance Road - Whitechapel - New Road - Cannon Street Road (junction with Chapman Street for Shadwell Station) - The Highway - Wapping Lane - Wapping Station - Wapping High Street - Garnet Street - Wapping Wall - Glamis Road - The Highway - Butcher Row - Commercial Road - Limehouse Station - Commercial Road - West India Dock Road - Westferry Station - Westferry Road - Westferry Circus (upper level) - West India Avenue - Cabot Square - The North Colonnade - Canary Wharf (DLR) Station - The North Colonnade - Churchill Place - Cartier Circle - Trafalgar Way - Preston's Road - Baffin Way - Blackwall Lane - Newport Avenue - Lower Lea Crossing - Orchard Place (north slip) - Leamouth Orchard Place

Rerouted between Trafalgar Way and Leamouth as shown above
Changeover / meal relief point changed from Canary Wharf to Leamouth Orchard Place stand

Stagecoach 36345 Canary Wharf

Stagecoach 35345 Canary Wharf

© Andrew Ha


18.09.21
WH801+
12EM
11EM
10EM

BETHNAL GREEN Bonner Road - LEAMOUTH
Contract extende for two years

30.05.23
WH801+
9EM
9EM
9EM

BETHNAL GREEN Bonner Road - LEAMOUTH
Reduced frequencies

16.09.23
DS1+
9SEe
9SEe
9SEe
Docklands logo
Contract reassigned to Docklands

BETHNAL GREEN Bonner Road - LEAMOUTH
Contract reassigned to Stagecoach with new electric buses

SEe209 Baffin Way, Blackwall

SEe209 Baffin Way, Blackwall on the first day

© Samuel Letsu

Garages

DS Henley Road
Crew changeover East India DLR Station

SD Stratford
Crew Changeover point at ?

WH Canning Town
Crew Changeover point Crossharbour Asda,
SUNDAY at Garage buses running out of service from Asda

From Sep 20 16 to May 2017changeover point was at Canary Wharf Station
From May 2017 at Leamouth stand but Sundays runs light to garage from Leamouth

BW Bow (BW)
Crew Changeover point at ?

Current Map

D3 MAP 2021
Taken from 2021 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

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