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Route History

	New Route

COCKMANNINGS ESTATE  -  Waldenhurst Road  -  Cockmannings Road  - Chelsfield Road  -  Kent Road  -  Lower Road  -  Orpington High Street  -  Knoll Rise  -  Mayfield Avenue  -  Chislehurst Road  -  Crofton Lane  -  St John's Road  -  Tudor Way  -  Queensway  -  Frankswood Avenue  -  Southborough Lane  -  Oxhawth Crescent  -  Farringdon Avenue  -  Almond Way  -  Whitebeam Ave  -  COPPICE ESTATE ( Mon-Sat shopping hours )
Operated by Orpington Buses trading as Roundabout

COCKMANNINGS  -  COPPICE
Addional service added Mon-Fri peaks between Coppice Estate and Petts Wood Station

This has been extracted from the 1990 allocation book and is part of a collection of 20 books which are available for sale THE 1980,s collection has 20 books - the 1990's collection has 25 books The collections are £6 each - £5 going to Great Ormonde Street Hospital

	CONTRACT REASSIGNED

PETTS WOOD STATION ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  Coppice Estate  -  St John's Road  -  Knoll Rise  -  Orpington High Street  -  ST MARY CRAY Burrfield Way ( Mon-Sat evenings / Sun afts )  -  St Mary Cray  -  Crockenhill  -  Swanley  -  Hextable  -  DARTFORD ( Mon-Sat / Sun afts )
Rerouted at Orpington to Dartford - Cockmannings section replaced by new Route R8

This has been extracted from the 1993 allocation book and is part of a collection of 20 books which are available for sale THE 1980,s collection has 20 books - the 1990's collection has 25 books The collections are £6 each - £5 going to Great Ormonde Street Hospital

17.05.93

DG

midi

midi

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PETTS WOOD STATION  -  Faringdon Avenue  -  Chesham Avenue  -  Shepperton Road  --  Tudor Way  -  St John's Road  -  Orpington Station  -  High Street  -  Lower Road  -  St Mary Cray  -  Blacksmith's Lane  -  ST MARY CRAY Burrfield Drive ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
Withdrawn between St Mary Cray and Dartford - this section replaced by Kentish Bus 476/7
Rerouted between Peets Wood and Orpington
Sunday service withdrawn
Allocation moved to Dunton Green (DG)

	858 Orpington

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

02.12.95

FR

3midi

3midi

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	Contract reassigned

PETTS WOOD STATION  -  ST MARY CRAY Burrfield Drive ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
Contract reassigned to Crystals

	Mercedes midibus at Petts Wood Station

30.11.01
Last day of operation - replaced mainly by R3 and R6

Garages

OB Orpington
Changeover point ?

DT Dartford
Changeover point DARTFORD GARAGE

Crystals
Changeover point ?