Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
16.10.38
HT
TB
TB
TB

SMITHFIELD  -  Angel  -  Highbury Corner  -  Nags Head  -  Finsbury Park  -  Manor House  -  Seven Sisters  -  Tottenham  -  Edmonton  -  PONDER END EnfieldGarage ( Mon-Sat )  -  Enfield Wash  -  WALTHAM CROSS ( Suns )
New Trolleybus service replace withdrawnTram Route 79

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
14.12.38
EM
TB
TB
--
HT
TB
TB
TB

SMITHFIELD  -  Angel  -  Highbury Corner  -  Nags Head  -  Finsbury Park  -  Manor House  -  Seven Sisters  -  Tottenham  -  Edmonton  -  PONDER END EnfieldGarage ( Mon-Sat )  -  Enfield Wash  -  WALTHAM CROSS ( Mon-Fri peaks / Sat  / Suns )
Mon-Fri peaks and Sat extended froPonders End to Waltham Cross
Mon-Sat Edmonton (EM) allocation added

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
05.02.39
EM
TB
TB
TB

SMITHFIELD  -  Angel  -  Highbury Corner  -  Nags Head  -  Finsbury Park  -  Manor House  -  Seven Sisters  -  Tottenham  -  Edmonton  -  PONDER END EnfieldGarage ( Mon-Sat )  -  Enfield Wash  -  WALTHAM CROSS ( Mon-Fri peaks / Sat  / Suns )
Extended at all times from Ponders End to Waltham Cross
Holloway (HT) allocation withdrawn

First and last times October 1943

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
22.10.52
EM
30TB
+2x627/4x659
25TB
14TB
+4x659

WALTHAM CROSS  -  HOLBORN CIRCUS return via Grays Inn Road
No changes since 1939

679 map. 1952
Extracted from 1952 historical map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

TB1340 Smithfield

TB1340 Smithfield

© Chris Stanley

 

25.04.61
Last day of operation, replaced byRoute 279


Operating Depot

EM Edmonton
Changeover at Tramway Avenue

HT Highgtae
Changeover at Nags Head

 

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Thursday, 12.12.24