Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
05.11.39
BW
TB
TB
TB

ALDGATE  - Whitechapel Road  -  Mile End Gate  - Bow Road  -  Bow Church -  Stratford Broadway  -  Leytonstone High Road  -  Whipps Cross  -  LEYTON Lea Bridge Road TB Depot
New Trolleybus service operated by  Bow depot
Replaced Tram Rout e 61

1940 map
Taken from1940 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
19.04.44
BW
TB
TB
TB
LB
TB
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ALDGATE  - LEYTON Lea Bridge Road TB Depot
Mon-Fri Lea Bridge (LB) allocation introduced

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
09.05.48
BW
TB
TB
TB

ALDGATE  - LEYTON Lea Bridge Road TB Depot
Mon-Fri Lea Bridge (LB) allocation withdrawn

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
23.03.55
BW
TB
TB
TB

ALDGATE  - LEYTON Lea Bridge Road TB Depot
May 1955 first and last times

18.08.59
Last day of operation, replaced by New Route 26

 

 


Operating Depots

BW Bow
Changeover at Fairfield Road

LB Lea Bridge
Chngeover at depot

 

 

 

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Date of edit   Monday, 24.07.23