Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
27.02.63 | E |
7RT |
7RT |
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ALEXANDRA
PARK Victoria - Priory Road - Turnpike Lane - The Roundway - Great Cambridge Road - Bullsmoor
Lane - Waltham CrosS - ,Waltham Abbey - Honey Lane - Woodridden Hill - EPPING
FOREST Wake Arms (Mon-Sat)
New Route which followed Route 217 from Alexandra Park to Waltham Abbey and then withdrawn section of Route
242
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Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk |
07.09.68 |
E |
4RT |
4RT |
-- |
ENFIELD
TOWN - Southbury Road - Great Cambridge Road - Waltham X - Waltham Abbey -
Honey Lane - Woodridden Hill - EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Ponders End and Turnpike Lane and diverted
instead to Enfield Town.
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15.02.69 |
E |
- |
4RT |
-- |
L |
5RT |
-- |
-- |
16.01.71 |
L |
5RT |
4RT |
-- |
ENFIELD
TOWN - EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Mon-Sat ) - Golding Hill - LOUGHTON GARAGE ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Enfield (E) allocation withdrawn.
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RT2268 at Wake Arms with the wrong via blind ( 205A )
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21.06.75 |
L |
5RT |
4RT |
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ENFIELD
TOWN - Southbury Road - Great Cambridge Road - Waltham X - Waltham Abbey -
Honey Lane - Ninefields - Woodridden Hill - Epping Forest - LOUGHTON GARAGE (Mon-Sat)
Diverted
via Shernbroke Road to serve Ninefields Estate.
10.04.76 |
L41+ |
5RT |
4RT |
2RT |
ENFIELD
TOWN (Mon-Sat except evenings) - WALTHAM CROSS (Mon-Sat evenings / Suns) - LOUGHTON GARAGE
Mon-Sat evening service withdrawn between Enfield and Waltham Cross - compensated with the introduction of Route 217B
Sunday service introduced between Waltham Cross
and Loughton Garage to partly replace withdrawn 205A.
Taken from 1976 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk
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This March 1977 timetable shows the withdrawn Mon-Sat evening service between Enfield and Waltham Cross but I wonder why the first journey from Loughton is shown as starting from Wake Arms |
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RT2628 Waltham Cross May 1976 |
19.08.77
Last day of operation - partly replaced by improvements to Green Line Route 703
This also meant the last day of crew operation at Loughton Garage
E
Enfield
Changeover point Great Cambridge Road / Southbury Road.
L
Loughton
Changeover point at garage.