Route History

 

09.05.62
PR
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21RM
 
WH
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6RM

BLOOMSBURY Red Lion Square - Clerkenwell Green - Old Street - Commercial Street - Stepney - Limehouse - Poplar - Canning Town - Plaistow - Upton Park,  East Ham - Barking, Becontree Avenue - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Suns)
Route 5 extended on Sunday from Barking to Becontree via Becontree Avenue instead of Bennetts Castle Lane thus renumbered.

May 1962 first and last times

15.08.62
PR
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18RM
21RM
 
WH
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6RM

BLOOMSBURY (Sat/Sun) - BARKING GARAGE (Sat) - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Sun)
Saturday introduced to replace withdrawn Route 5.

RM114 stops at a "dual" bus stop

10.10.62
WH
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18RM
27RM

BLOOMSBURY (Sat/Sun) - BARKING GARAGE (Sat) - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Sun)
PR allocation withdrawn.

May. 1963 first and last times

01.07.64
WH
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18RM
27RM

Becontree to Poplar section of 1964 map
Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

27.01.65
PR
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20RM
 
WH
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7RM

BLOOMSURY - BECONTREE (Sun)
Saturday  route withdrawn - replaced by new 5C.
Sunday PR allocation re-introduced.

January 1965 first and last times

23.01.66
PR
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13RM
 
WH
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5RM

BLOOMSBURY - Becontree - Green Lane - BECONTREE HEATH (Sun)
Extended from Becontree to Becontree Heath

January 1966 first and last times

01.01.67
PR
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13RM
 
WH
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6RML

BLOOMSBURY  -  BECONTREE HEATH ( Suns )
RML introduced at WH.

January 1967 first and last times

07.09.68
Route withdrawn without replacement.

Operating Garages

PR Poplar
Changeover point at Aberfeldy Street

WH West Ham
Changeover point at Greengate