Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
28.09.96
DM
1dd
1dd
1dd
Capital Citybus logo New service

HORNCHURCH TOWN CENTRE  -  Elm Park  -  Mungo Park Rod  -  South Hornchurch  -  Rainham  -  Wennington  -  Purfleet  - LAKESIDE BUS STATION
Monday-Saturday shopping hours and some Sunday journeys
Service operated under a London Bus Agreement

1996 map of Route 324
Taken from 1996 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

cc402 Abbs Cross

402 dressed for the East London Line replacement seen at Abbs Cross

 

busmap.co.uk


28.07.97
DM
1dd
1sd
1dd
1dd

HORNCHURCH  -  LAKESIDE  - Mon-Sat shopping hours and some Sunday journeys -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )
Thurrock College journsy added on college days only

08.01.98
DM
1dd
1sd
1dd
--

HORNCHURCH  -  LAKESIDE  - Mon-Sat shopping hours ) -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )
Sunday service restricted to Bank Holiday only

12.10.98
DM
2sd
1sd
--

HORNCHURCH   -  Elm Park  -  Mungo Park Rod  -  South Hornchurch  -  Rainham  -  Wennington  - Avely  - LAKESIDE BUS STATION THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )
Diverted via Avely to replace withdrawn Route 323

07.02.99
PT
2sd
1sd
--
Ensignbus logo
Contract reassigned operating from a base at Purfleet

HORNCHURCH   -  Elm Park  -  Mungo Park Rod  -  South Hornchurch  -  Rainham  -  Wennington  - Avely  - LAKESIDE BUS STATION THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )
Diverted via Avely to replace withdrawn Route 323

21.03.99
PT
6dd
6dd
3dd

ROMFORD MARKET  -  Romford Station  -  Drill  -  Emerson Park  -  Hornchurch  - Abbs Cross  -  Elm Park  -  Mungo Park Rod  -  South Hornchurch  -  Rainham  -  Wennington  - Avely  - Lakeside  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Extended from Hornchurch to Romford and from Lakeside to Bluewater

192 at  Bluewater Bus Station

© Lawrence Living


11.12.99
TA
6dd
6dd
3dd
logo
 New operator

ROMFORD MARKET  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Operation transferred to Town and Country buses operating from leased space at Ensignbus depot at Purfleet

11.12.99
TA
6dd
6dd
3dd

ROMFORD MARKET  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Operation transferred to Town and Country buses operating from leased space at Ensignbus depot at Purfleet

324 map 2000
Taken from 2000 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

17.01.00
TA
6dd
6dd
3dd

ROMFORD MARKET  --  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Sunday shopping hours )  - GRAVESEND Clock Tower ( Mon-Sat )
Mon-Sat extended fro Bluewater to Gravesend

08.05.00
TA
dd
dd
dd

ROMFORD MARKET  -  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Withdrawn between Bluewater and Gravesend

05.10.00
GY
dd
dd
dd
logo
New operator

ROMFORD MARKET  -  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Operation transfered to Arriva Eas Herts & Essex operating from Grays Garage (GY)

06.11.00
GY
dd
dd
dd

HORNCHURCH  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Withdrawn between Hornchurch and Romford, buses ran dead to Drill Roundabout at Gidea Park to stand

04.02.02
GY
dd
dd
dd
logo
New management

HORNCHURCH  -  THURROCK COLLEGE  ( journeys on college days only )  -  BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE ( Mon-Sat and Sunday shopping hours )
Managed now by Arriva Kent Thameside but still operated froGrays (GY)

 

08.11.02
Last day of operation, new Route 372 replaced

 

Operating Garages

DM Dagenham
Changeover point not known

PT Purfleet
Changeover point not known

TA Purfleet
Changeover point not known

TA Purfleet
Changeover point not known

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Friday, 24.11.23