Route History

 

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
16.10.57
AC
--
--
10RTW
1RM
 
CL
--
--
RTW/8A

OLD FORD - Bethnal Green - Shoreditch - Liverpool Street - Bank - Holborn - Oxford Circus - Marble Arch - Maida Vale - Kilburn - Willesden - Neasden - Kingsbury - Wembley Park Stn - ALPERTON (Suns)
NEW ROUTE: Route 8 renumbered because on this date Mon-Fri extension to Wembley Pool.

November 1958 first and last times
Taken from November 1958 Red book which is  available for sale in pdf form
Red Books for sale

13.05.59
AC
--
--
17RTW
1RM
 
CL
--
--
RTW ex 8A

OLD FORD  -  ALPERTON
RM type introduced.

RM5

 

A pristine RM5 waits in Pound Lane

 


11.11.59
AC
--
--
15RTW
 
BW
--
--
RTW ex 8A

OLD FORD  -  ALPERTON
CL closed - allocation transferred to BW.

Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

11.05.60
AC
--
--
24RTW
 
BW
--
--
RTW ex 8A

Taken from 1960 allocation book which is available from the Sales List for £2.25

 

18.11.64
Route withdrawn - the Willesden to Alperton section left unserved