Route History

HERNE HILL Post Office - Denmark Hill ( Mon-Fri except evenings) CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) Elephant & Castle - Borough - London Bridge - Fenchurch Street - Aldgate - Stepney - Limehouse - BLACKWALL TUNNEL ( Mon-Fri ) Canning Town - Silvertown - NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry (Mon-Fri peaks)
NEW Mon-Fri ROUTE : replacing withdrawn section of Route 40  and 48 entirely:

Taken from Alterations ( no.1 ) Booklet dated 18 November 1964

	RM97 waits at the Ferry terminal to perform a short working journey to Stepney instead of Aldgate © Eamonn Kentell

HERNE HILL Post Office - (Mon-Fri except evgs/Sat afts) CAMBERWELL GREEN (Mon-Fri/Sat am and evgs) -BLACKWALL TUNNEL (MS) -NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry (MS peaks)
Saturday Route introduced to replace withdrawn Route 40B

Scanned from January 1967 Red Book

25.10.69	PR	8RM	7RM	--
	Q	7RM	7RM	--

Taken from October 1969 allocation book Allocation books for sale

HERNE HILL Post Office - (Mon-Fri except evgs) -  CAMBERWELL GREEN (Mon-Fri) - BLACKWALL TUNNEL (Mon-Fri) - NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday Route replaced by Route 40 alteration

Extracted from 1970 historical map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map

22.04.78
Renumbered 40.

Operating Garages

PR Poplar
Changeover point Aberfeldy Street

Q Camberwell
Changeover point Denmark Hill