Route History

CAMDEN TOWN  -  Albany Street  -  Great Portland Street  -  Oxford Circus  -  Charing Cross  -  Whitehall  -  Westminster  - Westminster Bridge  -  Kennington  - Brixton  -  Streatham  -  Norbury  -  Thornton Heath Pond  -  West Croydon  -  Croydon  -  South Croydon  -  Purley  -  Coulsdon  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY ( Daily )

CAMDEN TOWN  -  Albany Street  -  Great Portland Street  -  Oxford Circus  -  Charing Cross  -  Whitehall  -  Westminster  -  Millbank  -   Lambeth Bridge  -  Kennington  - Brixton  -  Streatham  -  Norbury  -  Thornton Heath Pond  -  West Croydon  -  Croydon  -  South Croydon  -  Purley  -  Coulsdon  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY ( Daily )
Rerouted via the new Lambeth Bridge instead of Westminster Bridge

Mon-Sat Streatham (AK) allocation withdrawn - replaced by 159

CAMDEN TOWN ( Mon-Fri peaks / Suns )  -  THORNTON HEATH POND ( Mon-Sat )  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY
Withdrawn Mon-Sat between Thornton Heath Pond and Camden Town except Mon-Fri peaks
@ joint with 59B

CAMDEN TOWN ( Suns )  -  THORNTON HEATH POND ( Mon-Sat )  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY
Withdrawn Mon-Fri peaks between Thornton Heath Pond and Camden Town.
@ joint with 59B

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green ( Suns ) - THORNTON HEATH POND ( Mon-Sat )  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY
Diverted at Oxford Circus to West Hampstead via Wigmore Street - Portman Square - Baker Street - St John's Wood - Abbey Road and West End Lane
This was for operational reasons - the 53A and 59 exchanged northern terminals

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Gree  -  CHIPSTEAD VALLEY (Suns)
Mon-Sat withdrawn

13.04.49	AK	--	--	11STL
	TC	--	--	22RT

Croydon (TC) converted to RT operation.

02.05.51	AK	--	--	6RT
	TC	--	--	33RT

Streatham (AK) converted to RT operation.

17.10.51

TC

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23RT

Streatham (AK) allocation withdrawn.

14.05.52	TC	--	--	34RT
	TH	--	--	5RT

Thornton Heath (TH) allocation added.

Extracted from 1952 historical map drawn by Mike Harris The Greater London Bus Map

06.10.54

TC

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23RT

Thornton Heath (TH) allocation withdrawn.

16.10.57	TC	--	--	26RT
	TH	--	--	16RT

Thornton Heath (TH) allocation re-introduced.

30.04.58	AK	--	--	9RT
	TC	--	--	24RT
	TH	--	--	9RT

Streatham (AK) allocation re-introduced

26.11.58

TC

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19RT

Streatham (AK) and Thornton Heath (TH) allocations withdrawn.

10.05.61	TC	--	--	19RT
	TH	--	--	3RT

Thornton Heath (TH) allocation re-introduced.

11.10.61

TC

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19RT

Thornton Heath (TH) allocation withdrawn.

	RT3290 Haymarket Part of the Peter Batty collection

29.01.64

TC

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--

19RT

Diverted at St John's Wood via Rossmore Road instead of St John's Wood Road.

01.09.64

TC

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19RM

Converted to Routemaster operation.

23.01.66

TC

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21RM

Diverted via Westminster Bridge instead of Lambeth Bridge.

11.11.67

TC

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21RML

Converted to RML operation.

25.10.69	AK	--	--	6RT
	TC	--	--	15RML

Streatham (AK) allocation re-introduced.

13.06.70	AK	--	--	6RM
	TC	--	--	15RML

Streatham (AK) allocation converted to Routemaster operation.

	RML2747 normally seen on Route 130 during the week seen here at the northern termnius This image available with the Routemaster family download at Bus Photos

31.10.70	AK	--	--	6RM
	TC	--	--	16RML

WEST HAMPSTEAD - Coulsdon - OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose
Diverted at Coulsdon to Old Coulsdon instead of Chipstead Valley replacing withdrawn Route 190
Rerouted between Oxford Circus and Portman Square via Oxford Street instead of Wigmore Street
Coulsdon to Chipstead Valley section replaced by Route 166A

30.11.75	AK71+	--	--	11RM
	TC241+	--	--	10DM

Daimler doored operation introduced at Croydon (TC).

	RM835 shortly before the end rests at West End Green September 1978 © Paul Davis

28.10.78
Route withdrawn - replaced by 159 & 190

First and last times shown in this booklet which is for sale  (pdf)