Route History

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
08.04.51	TH	18RT	16RT	10RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - Brigstock Road - Thornton Heath Pond - Croydon - SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf
This was a tram replacement route replacing #42

22.10.52

TH

18RT

15RT

10RT

THORNTON HEATH High St - Brigstock Road - Thornton Heath Pond - Croydon - SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf (Suns) Purley  -  Coulsdon  -  Marlpit Lane -  OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose
Mon-Sat extended from South Croydon to Old Coulsdon via withdrawn 166A.

06.10.54	TC	--	--	5RT
	TH	17RT	13RT	5RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Suns )  -  OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday Croydon (TC) allocation added

02.05.56

TH

15RT

13RT

9RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Sunday extended from South Croydon to Old Coulsdon replacing withdrawn 159 on this day
Croydon (TC) allocation withdrawn.

30.04.58

TH

15RT

13RT

9RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
See times below

31.12.66	TC	12RT	12RT	--
	TH	--	--	5RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Mon-Sat Thornton Heath (TH) allocation transferred to Croydon (TC)

18.04.70	TC	12RT	10RM	--
	TH	--	--	4RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Saturday Routemasters introduced.

31.10.70

TC

14RT

8RM

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THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn - mainly replaced by Sunday only Route 59.

20.11.71

TC

10RM

8RM

--

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Routemasters introduced on Mon-Fri.

	Southend Transport 340 stands in for a Routemaster September 1975 when the was a chronic shortage of spare parts thus the loan. The example here must be late runner as it ase been turned short at Coulsdon. Click the photo for more detail and see there has also been TC Garage code added busmap.co.uk

28.10.78

TC171+

11RM

13RM

3RM

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Sunday service re-introduced replacing part of withdrawn 59.

	RM773 Old Coulsdon

23.04.83

TC171+

9RM

14RM

3D

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Sunday service converted to double deck one person operation.

	Sunday service was provided by OPO vehicles at this time and the 190 is treated to " Chocolate Box " D2629 on this occasion busmap.co.uk

19.10.84

TC171+

9Dc

9Dc 5RM

3D

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Mon-Sat Daimler Fleetline (crew) operation commenced.

02.02.85

TC171+

8D

13D

3D

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Daily service converted to double deck one person operation.

05.09.87

TC171+

9Dc

13D

3D

THORNTON HEATH - OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose - Taunton Manor School (SDO)
School day only journeys extended from Tudor Rose to Taunton Manor School

14.05.88

TC171+

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5L

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON (Suns)
Mon-Sat service replaced by revised service 50. which took over the running number sequence

21.07.90
Route withdrawn - mainly replaced by Route 50

Operating Garages

TC Croydon
Changeover point garage

TH Thornton Heath
Changeover point garage