Route History

 

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
23.07.41
PR
TB
TB
--
WH
TB
TB
--

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  Stepney  -  Limehouse  - Poplar  -  Canning Town  -  Silvertown Way  -  Royal Victoria Docks -  SILVERTOWN STATION (Mon-Sat peaks ) 
New Mon-Sat peak service

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
29.10.41
PR
TB
TB
--
WH
TB
TB
--

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  Stepney  -  Limehouse  - Poplar  -  Canning Town  -  Silvertown Way  -  Royal Victoria Docks -  Silvertown  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peaks ) 
Extended from Silvertown to North Woolwich

October 1943 first and last times

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
25.11.44
PR
TB
TB
TB
WH
TB
TB
--

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  Stepney  -  Limehouse  - Poplar  -  Canning Town  -  Silvertown Way  -  Royal Victoria Docks -  Silvertown  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peakS / Sun am jnys) 
Four Sunday morning journeys introduced

1476 North Woolwich

TB1476 is seen at North Woowich

© Chris Stanley

 


Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
13.02.46
PR
TB
TB
TB
WH
TB
TB
--

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peaks / Sun am jnys) 
WEST INDIA DOCK  -  ALDGATE ( Mon-Sat am peaks)
Additional Mon-Sat am peak journeys West India Dock to Aldgate introduced


Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
13.04.49
PR
TB
TB
TB

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peak / Sun am jnys) 
WEST INDIA DOCK  -  ALDGATE ( Mon-Fri peaks Sat am peak)
Peak journeys from West India Docks introduced Mon-Fri pm
West Ham allocation withdrawn

October 1950 times
This timetable was taken from October 1950 Red Book
It should be noted that trolleybus schedulers had a lot more flexibility than their Central Bus colleagues thus journeys to West India Docks are included, this happened on the majority of Trolleybus Routes,

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
11.10.50
PR
TB
TB
TB

ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peak / Sun am jnys) 
West IndiaDock journeys transferred to Route 567

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
04.05.55
PR
TB
TB
TB


ALDGATE Minories Bus Station  -  NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Sat peak / Sun am jnys) 
Times below

May 1955

 

10.11.59
Last day of operation, replaced by New route 48

1440 North Woolwich terminus

1440 North Woolwich terminus

© Chris Stanley


Operating Depots

PR Poplar
Changeover at Aberfeldy Street

WH West Ham
Changeover at ?

 

© Ian Armstrong 2025
Date of edit   Tuesday, 25.03.25