Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
at 03.10.34
Q
9NS
--
--
 
W
19NS
24NS
20NS

ALPERTON STATION - Ealing Road - Wembley - Wembley Park Drive - Blackbird Cross - Neasden -Dudden Hill Lane - Willesden - Kensal Rise - Harrow Road - Westbourne Park Stn - Notting Hill Gate - Kensington - Knightsbridge - Sloane Square - Pimlico Road - VICTORIA STATION

07.06.39
AC
--
9STL
--
 
ON
15STL
15STL
19STL
 
Q
9STL
--
--

Cricklewood (W) allocation withdrawn
Saturday only Willesden (AC) introduced
Daily Alperton (ON) allocation introduced

08.11.39
ON
15STL
15STL
15STL

ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( evenings ) - VICTORIA  ( except evenings )
Evening service withdrawn between Willesden Garage and Victoria
Saturday only Willesden (AC) withdrawn
Mon-Fri only Camberwell (Q) withdrawn

15.05.40
AC
18STL
18STL
--
 
ON
--
--
15STL

ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE ( Mon-Fri / Sun evenings ) - VICTORIA (  Sat pm / Sun daytime) - Victoria Street - Horseferry Road - Lambeth Bridge - Lambeth Palace Road - York Road - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri daytime / Sat am )
Saturday evening service restored between Willesden and Victoria
Mon-Fri except evenings and Sat am extended from Victoria to Waterloo
Mon-Sat Alperton (ON) replaced by Willesden (AC)

20.11.40
AC
18STL
18STL
15STL

Sunday only Alperton (ON) replaced by Willesden (AC) - new 187 allocation at  Alperton compensated

14.05.41
AC
18STL
18STL
15STL

ALPERTON - WILLESDEN ( Sunday evenings ) - VICTORIA (  Mon-Fri evenings / Sat pm / Suns except evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri daytime / Sat am )
Mon-Fri evening service restored between Willesden and Victoria

29.10.41
AC
18STL
18STL
15STL

ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( evenings ) - VICTORIA  ( Sat afternoons / Sunday daytime) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat am )
Daily evening service withdrawn between Willesden and Victoria

25.03.42
AC
18STL
18STL
6STL

ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( Mon-Sat evenings / Sun) - VICTORIA  ( Sat afternoons) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat am )
Sunday withdrawn between Willesden to Victoria

22.04.42
AC
12STL
12STL
6STL
 
ON
6STL
6STL
--

Mon-Sat Alperton (ON) reintroduced

28.10.42
AC
14STL
14STL
--
 
ON
4STL
4STL
--

ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Mon-Sat except evenings) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Sunday service withdrawn - replaced by extending Route 8 from Kingsbury to Alperton on that day
Withdrawn between Victoria and Waterloo except Mon-Sat peaks

14.07.43
AC
14STL
14STL
--
 
ON
4STL
4STL
--

Diverted between Willesden and Neasden via Neasden Lane instead of Dudden Hill Lane creating a new link

27.10.43
AC
17STL
18STL
--

Alperton (ON) withdrawn

15.10.44
AC
17STL
18STL
--

ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
Mon-Sat off peak service restored between Victoria and Waterloo

20.10.48
AC
21RT
20RT
--

RT type introduced

02.05.51
AC
22RTW
22RTW
--

RTW type introduced.

RTW374 with reduced blind layout at Alperton Station

© Graham Burgess

22.10.52
AC
22RTW
22RTW
--

ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Mon-Fri evenings and Sat afternoons withdrawn between Willesden and Victoria/Waterloo


Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List

30.04.58
AC
17RTW
15RTW
--

ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Service cut


Taken from 1958 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

02.09.65
AC
16RM
11RM
--

ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Routemaster introduction.

RM2215

 

RM2215 is seen in Buckingham Palace Road  before the Red Arrow 507 takes over the Victoria to Waterloo section

 

07.09.68
X
10RM
--
--

VICTORIA - KENSAL RISE STN (Mon-Fri) - NEASDEN (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Victoria and Waterloo - and Kensal Rise and Alperton except for peak journeys to Neasden. Saturday withdrawn altogether.
AC allocation transferred to Middle Row (X)
Neasden to Alperton section replaced by new 297




19.07.69
X
9RM
--
--

VICTORIA - KENSAL RISE STN (Mon-Fri) - WILLESDEN GARAGE (Mon-Fri peaks)
Peak service withdrawn between Willesden and Neasden

25.10.69
 Route withdrawn.

Operating Garages

AC Willesden
 Changeover at garage

X Middle Row
 Changeover at Kensal Rise

ON Alperton
 Changeover at garage

W Cricklewood
 Changeover point not known

Q Camberwell
 Changeover at Victoria