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

Bow to Leyton section

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	--	--

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Mon-Fri Lea Bridge (LB) allocation withdrawn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

 

 

Operating Depots

BW Bow
Changeover at Fairfield Road

LB Lea Bridge
Chngeover at depot