Summary of London Transport Route Alterations 1984

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Summary

of

London (Regional) Transport

Route Alterations

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Oaily

Tu

Tuesdays

Sa

Saturdays

M-F

Mondaysto Fridays

W

Wednesdays

Su

Sundays

M-S

MondaystoSaturdays

Th

Thursdays

SSu

SaturdaysandSundays

M

Mondays

F Fridays

N

Everynight

ThefollowingisadditionalinformationwhichshouldhavebeenincludedintheLondonBusReview

of

1982:

September

22A 0 ReroutedinWappingfromTheHighwayviaGarnetStreet,PrusomStreetandWappingLane,instead of viaWappingLane,Wapping

HighStreet,GarnetStreetandWappingLane.

Inthesummarybelowitisassumedthatallsingle-deckoperationis one-manoperated.

Allreferencesto

0

operationmustbetakentoincludeeitherOMor OMSorbothmixed,themethodof operationisdefinedineachcase.

Whererouteingdetailsaregiven'via routeXX it mustbetakenastherouteingapplyingpriortothedateof change.

3rd January

01 M-S NewMondayto SaturdayroutebetweenMileEndStation

and

Isleof Oogs(SeysselStreet),viaBurdettRoad,WestIndiaOockRoad,

Marshwall,Millharbour,CrossharbourBridge,Limeharbour,EastFerryRoad,Asda,EastFerryRoad

and

ManchesterRoad.Service

operated'non-stop'betweenMileEndStationandLimehouse.Thespecialservicewasmarketedas'DocklandsClipper'.LSoperated

byPRo

6thJanuary

01 M-S TemporarilyreroutedviaMastmakerRoad,insteadof Marshwalland Millharbour.Normalrouteingresumed31stMarch.

8thJanuary

268 0

TemporarilyreroutedsouthboundinHampsteadviaEastHeathRoad

and

OownshireHill,insteadof HeathStreetandHampstead

HighStreet.Normalrouteingresumed29thFebruary.

9thJanuary

177 0 AthirdexpressjourneyintroducedineachpeakhourbetweenThamesmeadandCountyHall(towardsLondonduring

a.mJaway

from

Londonduringp.m.).

10th

January

223

0

TemporarilyreroutednorthboundinYiewsleyviaRoyalLane,CherryTreeAvenueandAppleTreeAvenue,instead of FallingLane.

Normalrouteingresumed24thMarch.

14thJanuary

65 0

Kallocationtransferred

to

NB.

71 0

Mondayto SaturdayKallocationtransferredto NB.Reroutedon SundaysinKingstontowardsRichmondviaCromwellRoad,Queen

ElizabethRoad,LondonRoad

and

Park Road.Rerouted

on

SundaysinKingstontowardsChessingtonvia Park Roadand London

Road.ThusKingsRoad

and

WyndhamRoadbecameunservedon

that

day.Converted

on

Sundays

to

one-manMoperationex LS).

218

0

CertainSaturdayshortjourneysbetweenKingston

and

Esherreroutedto operateinaloopinEsher.OnleavingEsher,busesoperated

viaMoreLane,LowerGreenRoadand StationRoadtoPortsmouthRoad.

Kl MThSa

KallocationtransferredtoNB.

K2

TuFSa

Kallocationtransferred

to

NB.

54 0 I

75 0

ReroutedsouthboundinWoolwichviaThomasStreetandGreensEnd, insteadof PowisStreet.

161

0 j

53

0

122 0

I

Through eastbound.buses reroutedinWoolwich viaGreens End, instead of ThomasStreet,CalderwoodStreetand PowisStreet.

122A M-S

269 0

291

0

96 0

99 0

122 0

177 0

178 0

Journeys serving Powis Street rerouted eastbound on Sundays via John Wilson Street, Wellington Street

and

Greens End,

180 0

instead

of

PowisStreet.

269 0

272 0

291 0

N82 N

ReroutedinWoolwichviaGreensEnd,instead

of

ThomasStreet,CalderwoodStreetand PowisStreet.


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2 st January

184 D

Journeys terminating at Elephant & Castle, extended out of service during evenings to Waterloo via route 1.

26tb January

Dl M-S

4tb

February

4

M-S

12A D

21

D

68 D

72

D

74

D

107 D

117

D

127

M-S

127A

Su

143

M-S

151

M-S

161 D

200

D

213A

D

228

D

229 D

234 M-S

234A

D

299 Su

SRS

M-F

6th February

50 M-S

54

D

64 D

68 D

75 D

154

M-S

157 D

213

D

289

M-S

3tb February

266 D

2th February

37

D

77A

D

170 M-S

3tb

February

54 D

75

D

108B

D

124

M-S

124A

Su

160 M-S

160A

Su

185 D

296 M-S

3th February

98 M-S

224

D

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Temporarily rerouted

at

Mile End via Eric Street and Mile End Road back to Burdett Road, instead of terminating, out

of

service, via

Mile End Road, Rhondda Grove, Morgan Street and Grove Road. Previous routeing restored 31st March.

Extended.from Archway Station to Holloway Garage via Junction Road.

Extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Selsdon to Old Lodge Lane (Purley) via route 234

to

Purley and then route 234A.

Two early morning journeys

on

Mondays

to

Fridays back-projected to start form Swanley LCBS Garage via route 21A, instead of

Sidcup Garage.

Rerouted southbound in Chalk Farm via Regents Park Road, Bridge Approach, instead of Haverstock Hill, Prince of Wales Road,

Malden Crescent

and

Ferdinand Street.

Withdrawn between Tolworth Broadway

and

Kingston, consequent upon the withdrawal

of

the NB allocation.

Rerouted in Roehampton to Danebury Avenue via route 170, instead of Bessborough Road.

Extended on Sundays (after 1100) from Edgware Station to Queensbury Station.

Withdrawn

on

Sundays between Hounslow

and

Brentford. Service introduced to Ashford Hospital, with buses bifurcating via Church

Road and Stanwell Road.

Extended from Wallington (Shot field) to Purley via route 234. Rerouted between Hackbridge and Wallington via Hackbridge Road,

Nightingale Road, North Street, High Street (Carshalton), Park Lane

and

Park Road, instead of London Road and

Manor

Road.

Converted to one-man D operation (ex LS) and

L

allocation transferred to TC.

New Sunday route between Streatham Garage and South Croydon Garage, via route 234A to Purley and then route 109. One-man D

operated by TC.

Re-introduced on Sunday afternoons between East Finchley Station and Hendon Central Station. One-man M operated by AE.

New Monday to Saturday route between Worcester Park Station

and

Wallington (Shot field) via route 213A

to

Sutton Green, Rose Hill,

Wrythe Lane, Thornton Road, Green Wrythe Lane, Wrythe Green, Nightingale Road, Hackbridge Road, London Road, Manor Road

and

Woodcote Road. One-man D operated by A.

Regular daily service extended from Chislehurst (War Memorial)

to

Sidcup Garage (routeing previously served only during Monday

to

Friday peak hours and on SP garage jouneys).

Extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Mitcham (Fair Green) to Streatham Garage via route 234A. Withdrawn completely on

Sunday mornings,

and

during rest of day between Wimbledon Station

and

Mitcham, except for garage journeys to Merton Garage.

Renumbered 213. Extended on Mondays

to

Saturdays (evenings excepted) from Sutton Green

to

St. Helier Station via Rose Hill and

Green Lane. Monday to Friday peak hour and midday journeys to Belmont remained unchanged. Extended on Sundays from Sutton

Garage to West Croydon (Bus Station) via Rose Hill, Wrythe Lane, Thornton Road, Green Wry he Lane, Wrythe Green, Nightingale

Road, Hackbridge Road, London Road, Manor Road, Woodcote Road and then route 154 (via Roundshaw).

Rerouted outside Monday to Friday peak hours and all day Saturday

at

Sidcup (Police Station) to Sidcup Garage via Sid cup Hill. Thus

Chislehurst service became peak hburs only. Withdrawn completely on Sundays.

Withdrawn on Sundays.

Withdrawn outside Monday to Friday peak hours and all day Saturdays. Extended during Monday

to

Friday peak hours from

Hackbridge to Mitcham (Fair Green) via route 127

Withdrawn

New Sunday route between Eltham (Well Hall Station) and Green Street Green, via route 228

to

Sidcup Station

and

then route 229.

One-man M T operated by SP.

Special railway service between Hatton Cross Station and Heathrow Central Station withdrawn. This service had commenced on 4th

July 1983 and had been provided to replace the Piccadilly line during Monday to Friday evenings (after 2100), whilst work was carried

out in connection with that line's extension to the new Terminal Four at Heathrow. Last day of operation had been 3rd February 1984,

with one-man M operation by FW, A V, HW and UX.

1

Rerouted

to

operate through or terminate in West Croydon Bus Station, instead of St. Michaels Road.

Unofficially converted during Monday to Saturday evenings and all day Sundays

to

crew M operation (ex RM).

t

Rerouted in Wandsworth via Santos Road, Oakhill Road and Putney Bridge Road, instead of West Hill. Route 77A was only affected

on journeys from Putney Heath. Normal routeing resumed

11

March.

Completion of progressive conversion of Monday to Saturday TL allocation

to

one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completion of progressive conversion

to

one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completion

of

progressive conversion to one-man

T

operation (ex omo D).

-Completion of progressive conversion to one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completiort of progressive conversion to one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completion

of

progressive conversion to one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completion

of

progressive conversion to one-man T operation (ex omo D).

Completion of progressive conversion of TL allocation to one-man T operation (ex omo D),

Note: The above conversions commenced

on

25th July 1983.

Temporarily rerouted towards Romford via Homeway, Maylands Way and Colchester Road, instead of via Harold Court Road.

Normal routeing resumed 30th March.

Converted to mixed one-man

LS M

operation (ex LS).

Officially converted on Saturdays to one-man M operation (ex LS).


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20thFebruary

70 D Completionof progressiveconversion

to

one-manToperation(ex omo D).

177 D

Completionof progressiveconversionof MondaytoSaturdayNXallocation

to

one-manToperation(ex

omo

D).

184 D

Completion

of

progressiveconversionof Mondayto SaturdayNXallocationtoone-manToperation(exomoD)._

188

D

Completion

of

progressiveconversion

of

NXallocation

to

one-manToperation

ex

omoD).

N82 N Completion

of

progressiveconversionto crewToperation(excrewD).

Inter } SSM

Completion

of

progressiveconversionto crewToperation(excrewD).

Station

Note:Theaboveconversionscommenced

on

15thNovember1983.OneDwasnotedinservice

on

14thMarch

on

route70,

but no

others

wereseenafter20thFebruary.

25thFebruary

Followingthediscovery

of

seriousstructuralfaults on HammersmithBridge,thefol.1owing temporaryalterationswereintroduced:

9 D }

Servicesterminatedon bothsidesof HammersmithBridge,withpassengerstransferringacross on foot.

33 D

72

D

ReroutedwithoutstoppingbetweenHammersmithandBarnesCommon viaFulhamPalaceRoad,FulhamHighStreet,PutneyBridge,

TheEmbankment,LowerRichmondRoad

and

MillHillRoad.

HammersmithBridgewasre-openedtolightvehiclesand busesonlyfrom31 stMarch.Duringtherestof theyear,therewereseveral

weekendclosures

of

thebridge,resultinginsimilaralterationsasabove.

27thFebruary

Thecompletion

of

major roadworksat Perivaleresultedinthe followingchanges:

105

D } Throughbuseson route

105

reroutedeastboundviaTeignmouthGardensandwestboundviaBeverleyGardens,

195 D insteadof WesternAvenue.WestboundbusesleavingthestandviaBidefordAvenuereroutedviaTeignmouthGardens,newbridge

spanningWesternAvenueandBeverleyGardens.

2ndMarch

86

D

Commencementof progressiveconversionof

AP

allocationtocrewToperation(exRM).Completedby25thJuly.

8thMarch ,

114 D I

CertainMonday

to

Fridayworkingsconvertedtoone-manMoperation(exLS).Thesewerearranged to alleviatepressureon single

136

M-S

f

deckers.On SaturdaysallspareMetrobuseswereallocatedto route 114,whichwasfullyconvertedtoone-manMopera tion

on

Sundays

209 M-S

(exLS).

258 M-S

Convertedon Saturdaysto one-manMoperation(ex LS).

13thMarch

260 D

UnofficiallyconvertedduringMonday

to

Saturdayeveningsand alldaySundays to crewMoperation(ex RM . See17thMay.

21stMarch

44 D Completionof progressiveconversion

of

WDallocationtoone-manMoperation

ex

omoD).

220 D

Completion

of


of

SundayWD allocationto one-manMoperation(exomo D).

295

M-S

Completionof progressiveconversiontoone-manMoperation(exomoD).

N68 N

Completion

of


to

crewMoperation(excrewD).

N88 N

Completion

of


to

crewMoperation(excrewD).

Note:Theaboveconversionscommenced on 23rdNovember1983.

25thMarch

E3

D

Temporarilyreroutedsouthbound

at Turnham

GreenStationviaBathRoad;StamfordBrookRoad,Goldhawk

Road and

Chiswick

HighRoad,instead

of

viaTurnhamGreenTerrace.Normalrouteingresumed19thMay.

26thMarch

44 D

Commencement

of

experimentalone-manLoperationof SundaySWallocation.

170 M-S Commencement

of

experimentalone-manLoperation.

N87 N Commencement

of

experimentalcrewLoperation

of

SW allocation.

65

D

Temporarilyreroutedin SurbitontowardsKingstonvia Brighton Road, MapleRoad and St. James Road, insteadof Victoria

71

D

r

Road.Normalrouteingresumed2ndAugust. .

215 M-S

31st

March

21A M-S One MondaytoFridayeveningjourneyconverted

to

crewToperationex omoT).

228 M-S ReroutedduringMonday

to

Fridayoff-peaksandalldaySaturdays

at

Sidcup(PoliceStation)

to

QueenMary'sHospital,instead

of

SidcupGarage.

283 M-S ReroutedinFulham

to

WestBrompt on (EmpressStateBuilding)via LillieRoad, instead

of

FulhamBroadway.Extendedduring

eveningsfromHammersmithto WestBrompton.

Cll

M-S Extended(exceptduringearlymornings

and

evenings)fromWestHampstead(HillfieldRoad)

to

ShootUpHill (MinsterRoad)viaMill

Lane.ReroutedinHampsteadtowardsArchwayStationviaSouthEndGreen.

RLST D NewdeparturepointfromBakerStreetStationintroduced.SeasonalaugmentationbyhiredvehiclesfromLCBSre-introduced.

April

198 M-F Reroutedat ThamesmeadEastviaunnamedroad betweenYarntonWay and HaileyRoad.

2ndApril

P4 M-S

ReroutedtowardsLewishamat Brockley Rise to makedirectleft turn fromHonor OakParkintoStondon Park insteadof via

BrockleyRise.See21stMay.

3rdApril

185

D Reroutedat CamberwellGreentomakedirectrightturnfromCamberwellNewRoad

into

DenmarkHill,instead

of

circumnavigating

CamberwellGreen

Note:Thisrerouteingalsoapplied

to

busesproceedingfromCamberwell

or

WalworthGarages

on

routes35,45,68,159,172,176and

184.

4thApril

57

M-S

Reroutedwestbound

at

SouthWimbledonStation

to

makedirectrightturnfromMertonHighStreetintoMertonRoad,

131

D

insteadof viaKingstonRoad,CecilRoadand BalfourRoad.

155

M-S


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10th April

P5 D

13th/14th April

11

D

109 D

177

D

185

D

221

D

N2

N

NIl N

N13

N

NI4 N

NI8

N

N21

N

N27

N

N68 N

N74

N

N76 N

N77 N

N78

N

N79 N

N80

N

N82 N

N83

N

N84

N

N85 N

N86

N

N87

N

N88 N

N89 N

N90

N

N91 N

N92 N

N94 N

N95

N

N96

N

N98

N

Rerouted in Rotherhithe via Salter Road, instead of via Brunei Road and Rotherhithe Street.

Night journeys withdrawn.


Night journeys on Saturdays nights/Sunday mornings withdrawn.



New night route between Trafalgar Square and West Norwood Station, via route I I to Victoria and then route 2B. One-man D operated

byGM.

New night route between Liverpool Street Station and Shepherds Bush Green, via route 9 to Green Park , route 38 to Victoria, route I I

to Hammersmith

and

then route 72. Westbound.routeing through Victoria via Lower Grosvenor Place, Bressenden Place and Victoria

Street. One-man D operated by GM.

New night route between Trafalgar Square and North Finchley, via route 13. One-man M operated by FY.

New night route between Liverpool Street Station and Roehampton (Danebury Avenue), via route 9 to Green Park, route 14 t Putney

Bridge and then route 264. One-man M operated by AF.

New night rou te between Trafalgar Square and Sudbury (Swan), via route N91 to Harlesden and then route 18. One journey operated to

and from Liverpool Street Station via route 9. Certain journeys operated to

and

from Willesden Garage via route N91. One-man M

operated by AC.

New night route between Trafalgar Square and Nor th Finchley, via rout e N95 to Holborn Circus, Charterhouse Street and then route

221. One-man M operated by FY.

New night route between Liverpool Street Station and Richmond (Bus Station), via route N97 to Kew Green and then route 27. One

man M operated by V.

Converted to one-man M operation (ex crew M).

New night rou te between Trafalgar Square and Bromley North Station, via route 6 to Ludgate Circus, New Bridge Street, route N85 to .

Downham and then route 47. Certain journeys operated to and from Victoria via route

11.

One-man T operated by

PM.

New night route between Trafalgar Square and Leytonstone (Green Man), via route N98 to Bank, Liverpool Street, Aldgate and then

route 10. Between Bank and Aldgate, eastbound journeys operated via Princes Street, Moorgate, South Place, Eldon Street, Liverpool

Street, Old Broad Street, Wormwood Street, Camomile Street and Houndsditch. Westbound journeys operated via Dukes Place, Bevis

Marks, Camomile Street, Houndsditch, Bishopsgate, Wormwood Street, London Wall, Blomfield Street, Liverpool Street and Old

Broad Street. One journey operated

to

and

from Victoria via route I I . One-man T operated by WHo

New night route between Trafalgar Square and Thamesmead (St.

Paul's

Church), via route 6 to Ludgate Circus, New Bridge Street,

route N85 to New Cross, route 177 to Woolwich and then route 272. Certain journeys operated to and from Victoria via route

II.

One

man T operated by NX.

New night route between Trafalgar Square and South Croydon (Swan & Sugar Loaf), via route 6 to Aldwych, Waterloo Bridge,

Waterloo Road, Elephant & Castle, route 109 to Croydon, Crown Hill, East Croydon Station and then route 166. Through Croydon

buses operated in a loop via Katharine Street, Park

Lane, George Street, Addiscombe Road roundabout and George Street back to

North End. Certain journeys operated to and from Victoria via route

1

LOne-man D operated by BN and TH.

New night route between Archway Station and Lewisham (Bus Station), via route N92 to Trafalgar Square, route II to Victoria and

then route 185. One-man T operated by WL.

Rerouted between Cat Hill and Southgate Station via Bramley Road and Chase Road, instead of Chase Side.

Extended from New Cross Garage to Kensal Rise Station, via route N86 to Blackfriars Bridge, New Bridge Street, Ludgate Circus and

then route 6. Withdrawn between Etham (Well Hall Station) and Woolwich from Sunday nights/Monday mornings to Thursday

nights/Friday mornings. At certain times, there was no through service across Trafalgar Square as buses joined and left the route for

meal relief with buses running

out

of service to

and

from Victoria. Converted to one-man T operation (ex crew T).

Journeys to and from Liverpool Street Station withdrawn. Certain journeys extended from Trafalgar Square to Victoria via route

II.

Extended from Tottenham Garage to Wood Green via route 243. Converted t one-man M operation from SF (ex crew M).

AR

one

man M operated allocation introduced.

Withdrawn.

Rerouted between Trafalgar Square and Blackfriars Bridge to operate in both directions via Strand, Aldwych, Fleet Street and New

Bridge Street, instead of southbound via Victoria Embankment. Certain journeys extended to and from Victoria via route II. Regular

all night service extended to Grove Park Station.

Rerouted between Trafalgar Square

and

Blackfiars Bridge to operate in both directions via Strand, Aldwych, Fleet Street

and

New

Bridge Street, instead of southbound via Victoria Embankment. Certain journeys extended to and from Victoria via route II. Extended

from Brockley Rise to Crystal Palace via route 122.

Figure '8' routeing abandoned. Route restructured to operate between Trafalgar Square and Streatham Garage, via Whitehall,

Parliament Street, Bridge Street, Westminster Bridge, Westminster Bridge Road, Kennington Road, route

155

to Tooting Broadway

and then route 77. Certain journeys operated between Clapham Common and Victoria via route 88 to Stockwell and then route 2. BN

allocation withdrawn. Converted to one-man

D/L

operation (ex crew

D/L).

Converted to one-man M operat ion (ex crew M).

Rerouted between Monument and St. Pauls via Cannon Street and New Change, instead

of

Cheapside, Bank and King William Street.

Certain jouneys operated direct to Liverpool Street Station via Queen Victoria Street. Rerouted between High Holborn and Tottenham

Court Road Station via Kingsway, Aldwych, Strand, Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross Road (returning via Shaftesbury Avenue),

instead of New Oxford Street. Rerouted between Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate Station via Bayswater Road, instead of Edgware

Road, Praed Street and Lancaster Gardens. Rerouted at Southall Town Hall and extended to Uxbridge Station via route 207, instead

of

Brent Road.

Withdrawn between Victoria and Pimlico. Extended from Waltham Cross to Hammond Street via route 279. Certain southbound

journeys bifurcated via Waltham Abbey, operating via Eleanor Cross Road, Station Road, Abbey View, Crooked Mile, Sun Street,

Church Street, High Bridge Street and Station Road. Converted to one-man M operation (ex crew M).

AR

allocation withdrawn, E and

EM allocations introduced.

Converted to one-man M operation (ex crew M).

Extended from Victoria to

Pimlico via route N90. Extended from Archway Station

to

Muswell Hill Broadway via route

41

to Crouch

End and then route W7. Converted to one-man D operation (ex crew D).

Extended from Cricklewood Garage to Edgware Station via route 32. Converted to one-man M operation (ex crew M).

Rerouted eastbound between Bank and Aldgate via Princes Street, Moorgate, South Place, Eldon Street, Liverpool Street, Old Broad

Street, Wormwood Street, Bishopsgate, Norton Folgate, Shoreditch High Street, Great Eastern Street, Holywell Street and

Commercial Street. Rerouted westbound between Aldgate and Bank via Commercial Street, Shoreditch High Street, Nor ton Folgate,

Bishopsgate, Wormwood Street, Blomfield Street, Liverpool Street, Old Broad Street and Threadneedle Street. Previous routeing

(both ways) had been via King William Street, Gracechurch Street and Fenchurch Street. Extended from Becontree Heath to Dagenham

(Kent Avenue) via route 175.

Rerouted

at

Leyton (Baker's Arms) to operate to Chingford Station via route 97A, instead of to Chingford Mount via Highams Park.

Extended from Waterloo to Trafalgar Square via York Road, Westminster Bridge, Bridge Street, Parliament Street and Whitehall.

Rerouted in Romford to operate to Harold Hill (Gooshays Drive) via route 87, instead

of

Romford Station.


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14thApril

22A D Commencement

of

progressiveconversionto one-manMoperation(ex omoT).

116

D

SummerSundayextensionintroducedfromStainestoThorpePark,viaStainesBridgeandChertseyLane.

238

D

Sundayafternoonextension from LittleHeath toChadwellHeathHospital increasedtooperateuntil

1930

(instead

of

journeys

as

previously).

273 D SummerSundayextensionfromRuislipStation

t

RuislipLidore-introduced.

277

D

Commencementof progressiveconversion

of

CT allocationtoone-manMoperation(exomoT).

Note:Theaboveconversionson routes22Aand277 werestillincomplete

at

theendof theyear.

16thApril

7 D

8 D

25

D

73

D Temporarilyrerouted westboundbetween BloomsburyStreetand TottenhamCourtRoadStationviaShaftesburyAvenueand

N21

N St. Giles High Street, instead of New Oxford Street. Journeys terminating from the north and east rerouted to stand under

N76 N CentrePoint.

N95 N

N98 N

14 D

1

9

D

22

D

Journeysterminating

at

TottenhamCourt RoadStationfromthenorthandeasttemporarilyreroutedviaShaftesburyAvenue

and

St.GilesHighStreettostandunderCentrePoint,insteadof

New

OxfordStreet.

g

j

8 D

55 D

134 D

Normalrouteingsresumed29thMay

Hammersmith Bridge suffered a partial failure on 25th

February. It was immediately closed, and various

diversions

had

to take place. Route 9 was split into tw

sections, and RM6 9 is on the Mortlake t Hammersmith

"shuttle" on 10th June. Stephen adden

19thApril

I

65

D

175 D

ReroutedatRoneoComer,Romford, viaRomValleyRoadbetweenSouthStreetandRushGreenRoad.

244 I

48

D

252 D

256 M-S

20thApril(GoodFriday)

1 D WithdrawnonSundays

lA

Su

Sundayroutere-introducedbetweenTrafalgarSquareandGreenwich(CuttySark)viaroute1toEvelynStreetandthenroute188.

RM

operatedbyNXandTL.

2 D SeasonalextensionfromBakerStreetStationtoTheZoore-introducedforGoodFriday,EasterSundayandMondayandMayDay

Monday.See27thMay.

22ndApril(EasterSunday)

137A Su SpecialonedayoperationbetweenSloaneSquareandBatterseaParkviaroute137.One-manMoperatedbyB.

24thApril

161

D

Commencement

of


of SP

allocationto crewToperation (ex RM).Completedby26thApril

28thApril

41 D

ExtendedbetweenpeakhoursonMondays

to

Fridays

and

duringSaturdayshoppinghoursfromArchwayStationtoHighgate(The

Wellington)viaroute

143.

115

M-S NewMonday

to

Saturday(eveningsexcepted)routebetweenBalhamStationandTulseHillviaBedfordHill,GarradsRoad ,Tooting

BeeGardens(returnviaMitcham Lane,ArnblesideAvenue), StreathamHigh Road,Streatham Hill, ChristchurchRoad, Roupell

Road,UpperTulseHill,TuIseHill(returnviaNorwoodRoad,ChristchurchRoad

and

Hardel Rise). LSoperatedbySW.

192 M-S

New

MbndaytoSaturdayshoppinghoursroutebetweenLowerEdmontonStation and Turnford(Tesco)viaroute279toFlamstead

End,thenBrookfieldLaneandHalfhideLane.One-manMoperatedby

E

198A Sa

WithdrawnbetweenThamesmeadEast{HaileyRoad)

and

Erith.

P3 D

ExtendedfromPeckhamGarage

to

LondonBridgeStationviaPeckhamHighStreet,PeckhamRoad,SouthamptonWay,WellsWay,

AlbanyRoad,ThurlowStreet,MerrowStreet,FlintStreet,RodneyRoad,HeygateStreet,WalworthRoadandthenroute35.Route

operatedonfollowingpattern:PMGar-NunheadLane-IvydaleRoad-Peckham-LondonBridge.


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LateApril

40

D Commencementof progressiveconversiontocrewToperation(exRM).Completedby5thJuly.

EarlyMay

Dl M-S

TemporarilyreroutednorthboundviaByngStreetandWestFerryRoad,instead

of

MarshwallandWestIndiaDockRoad.Normal

routeingresumedbyendof July.

idMay

,

183

D ReroutedinNorthwoodviaChurchRoadandGreenLane,thuscancellingadiversionviaChesterRoadandHallowell

}

82

D Roadintroducedon5thSeptember1983.

8thMay

104

D

Commencementof progressiveconversionto one-manMoperation(exomoD).

214

D Commencement

of

progressiveconversiontoone-manMoperation(exomoD).

271

D Commencement

of


N92

N Commencement

of


N93

N Commencementof progressiveconversionto crewMoperation(excrewD).

Note:TheaboveconversionswerecompletedduringFebruary1985.

51

D

96

D

99

D

178

D

ReroutedeastboundonMondaystoSaturdaysinWoolwichviaJohn WilsonStreet,WellingtonStreetandGreensEnd,instead of

198

M-F

PowisStreet.SundayrouteingsalreadyavoidedPowisStreetsee14thJanuary.

198A

Sa

269

D

272

D

EastboundjourneystowardsPlumsteadreroutedonMondays

to

SaturdaysinWoolwichviaJohnWilsonStreet,CastileRoad,Monk

177

D

}

Street,CalderwoodStreet,ThomasStreetand GreensEnd,insteadof PowisStreet.SundayrouteingsalreadyavoidedPowisStreetsee

180 D

14thJanuary.

9thMay

54 D

Reroutednorthbound

at SouthendPond viaBeckenhamHillRoadandBromleyRoad,thuscancellingadiversionviaBlacklandsRoad

andSouthendLanewhichhadcommencedon3rdOctober1983.

11thMay

11

D

ReroutedwestboundinFulhamviaNewKingsRoad,BagleysLane,CressfordRoad,WandsworthBridgeRoad,NewKingsRoad,into

HarwoodRoad,instead

of

directright

turn

fromKingsRoadintoHarwoodRoad.Normalrouteingresumedbymid-June.

12thMay

66

D ExtendedduringMondaytoFridayeveningsfromRomfordStationtoGideaPark Station.

206

D

SummerSundayextensionintroducedfromClayburyHospitaltoEpping(St.Margaret'sHospital)viaChigwellRoad,AbridgeRoad,

LondonRoad,AbridgeRoad,CoppiceRow,EppingRoad,EppingHighStreetand

OngarRoad.Asaresultof thistheroutewas

technicallywithdrawnon winterSundaysbetweenClayburyHospitalandGrangeFarm,althoughalimitedservicewasretainedby

garagejourneysto andfromLoughtonGarage(see27thOctober).SundayafternoonservicetoWalthamstowCentralre-extendedto

operateduringearlyevening.

254 M-S NewMondaytoSaturdayroutebetweenWalthamCrossandEpping(St.Margaret'sHospital)viaEleanorCrossRoad,StationRoad,

HighBridgeStreet,ChurchStreet,SunStreet,CrookedMile,Parklands,PaternosterHill,UpshireRoad,HorseshoeHill,CrownHill,

EppingRoad,EppingHighStreet

and

OngarRoad.LS operatedbyL.

284 M-F NewMondaytoFriday(eveningsexcepted)routebetweenOrpingtonStationandPettsWoodStationviaStationRoad,Orpington

HighStreet,ChislehurstRoad,ElmcroftRoad,PerryHallRoad(returndirect),CrayAvenue,PoverestRoad,PettsWoodRoadand

StationSquare. LS operatedbyTB.

25

D

ReroutedeastbondinStratfordviabuslanethroughtheBroadway,instead

of GreatEasternRoad,StratfordBusStationand

86

D

}

TheGrove.

225

D

J

14thMay

513

M-F Withdrawnbetweenpeakhoursandduringevenings.

(555)

D New 'Stationlink' service linkingWaterloo, Euston, S1. Pancrasand KingsCrossstations.SponsoredbyBritishRail,thisservice

operatedbetweenpeaksonMondaystoFridays,FridayeveningsandalldaySaturdaysandSundays.Routedinaonewayloopfrom

WaterlooStation(Taxidepartureroad),MephamStreet, WaterlooRoad,WaterlooBridge,Strandunderpass,route188 toKings

Cross(includingEuston BusStation),York Way, CaledoniaStreet,CaledonianRoad, PentonvilleRoad, route

63

toBlackfriars

Bridge, route76 to CountyHall, WestminsterBridgeRoad andTaxiarrivalroad. Busesonlystoppedat theabovestations,and

althoughLondonTransportusedthenumber

555

forinternalpurposesonly,driversdisplayeditonbuses.RedArrowLSoperatedby

AG.

(556)

N New'StationIink'nightservicelinkingEuston,VictoriastationsandHeathrowAirport.One-manToperatedby

AG.

129

145

M-S

M-S

I

eroutedinIlfordviaWinstonWaybetweenIlfordHighRoadandGreenLane.

148

D

225

D

17thMay

260 D Commencementof officialdailyconversionto crewMoperat ion(ex. RM).See13thMarch.Completedby 12thJuly.

21stMay

P4 M-S

ReroutedtowardsLewishamat BrockleyRise, to operatevia BrockleyRisefrom Honor OakPark intoStondonPark,instead of

makingdirectleftturn.(Restoredrouteingpriorto2ndApril).

27thMay

2 D SummerSundayextensionfromBakerStreetStation

to

TheZoore-introduced.

1stJune

Commencement

of

aprogrammeof weekendclosures

of

TowerBridgefrom1800Fridaynightuntil0600Mondaymorning.Last weekend

of

closurewas

19th-22ndOctober.

42

D }

Divertedat weekendsbetweenTheTowerandTowerBridgeRoad(TooleyStreet)viaroute23 to Monumentandthen

78 D

route47.

RLST D

Divertedatweekendsto 'double-run'viaLondonBridge.


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June

40 D

149 D

243

M-S

243A Su

259 M-S

279

M-S

279A

U

N83

N

N90 N

171

D

2nd June

9 D

D

79 D

105

D

153

M-S

177

D

195

D

197

D

205 M-S

265 M-S

273 D

274 M-S

297 M-S

E2 D

E3

D

E4 M-S

3rd June

21

D

8th June

(555)

D

9th June

23 D

th June

45

D

176

208

D

4th

June

69

D

6th June

223

D

8th June

9

D

NIl N

1

NI4

N

N27 N

N97

N

14

D

19 D

\

22

D

38

D

55

D

f

22nd June

DI

M-S

Rerouted in Herne Hill, to terminate in Dulwich Road

at

Brockwell Park, then operate ou t

of

service via Dulwich Road, Brixton Water

Lane, Effra Road, Morval Road, Dalberg Road and Dulwich Road. Re-enter service in Dulwich Road, thus eliminating the teminal

working via Hurs t Street and Railton Road. .

Temporarily rerouted southbound in Tottenham via Chestnut Road, The Hale and Broad Lane, instead

of

Tottenham High Road

Bus Lane.

Temporarily rerouted southbound

on

Mondays to Saturdays via Chestnut Road, The Hale, Broad Lane and Tottenham

High

Road,

instead

of

Tottenham High Road Bus Lane.

Normal routeings resumed by 1st December (see 10th September).

Garage journeys from Ash Grove Garage to Liverpool Street Station re-routed via Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate, Wormwood Street

and Blomfield Street, instead

of

Worship Street, Wilson Street and Eldon Street.

Extended

on

Sundays from Alperton Station to Ealing Broadway Station, via Manor Farm Road. Bilton Road, Alntree Road, Bideford

Avenue, Dawlish Avenue, (returning via Horsenden Lane South), Teignmouth Gardens, Argyle Road, Cleveland Road, Castlebar Hill,

Castlebar Road, Montpelier Avenue, Eaton Rise, Castlebar Road and Haven Green.

Rerouted at Mount Pleasant, via Dormers Wells Lane and Burns Avenue, instead

of

North Road.

New Monday

to

Saturday (late evenings excepted) service between Archway Station and Islington (Angel), via Holloway Road,

Liverpool Road (return via Palmer Place), Mackenzie Road, West bourne Road, Arundel Square, Offo rd Road, Hemingford Road,

Copenhagen Street, Cloudesly Place, Liverpool Road and Upper Street. One-man M operated by

HT.

One early a.m. journey on Mondays

to

Fridays extended

to

Thamesmead (Bentham Road), via route 272.

Rerouted

at

Southall Town Hall to operate daily to Baling Hospital via route 207, instead of Greenford and Perivale.

Withdrawn during Monday

to

Saturday evenings

and

all day Sundays between Whyleleafe, Upper Warlingham Stat ion, and Caterham.

New Monday to Friday between peaks and Saturday shopping hours route between Willesden Garage and St. Raphael's Estate via Park

Royal (Asda). Routed via route 260 to Harlesden route 226

to

Asda, then route 226 back to Harlesden S tation, Winchel sea Road,

Knatchbull Road, Brentfield Road, Besant Way and Pitfield Way. One-man M operated by W.

New Monday

to

Saturday (late evenings excepted) route between Putney Bridge Station and Roehampton. Via route 264

to

Upper

Richmond Road, then one way loop via Roehampton Lane

to

Roehampton, returning via route 264. One-man M operated by AF.

Withdrawn.

Journeys bifurcated between Monday to Friday peaks and during Saturday shopping hours from Yeading (Willow Tree Lane)

to

Yeading Gardens Estate via Willow Tree Lane, Glencoe Road and Jollys Lane.

Extended from Peri vale

to

Ealing Broadway Station via Teignmouth Gardens, Argyle Road, Cleveland Road, Castlebar Hill, Castlebar

Road, Montpelier Avenue, Eaton Rise, Castlebar Road

and

Haven Green. Rerouted westbound in Perivale via entire length of Dawlish

Avenue, instead of via Rockford Avenue and Tavistock Avenue.

Extended from Greenford to Ruislip Station via route 273. Further extended

on

summer Sundays to Ruislip Lido.

Localised service on Mondays to Saturdays between Acton High Street and Chiswick (Grove Park) withdrawn.

New Monday

to

Saturday (late evenings excepted) service between Chiswick (Grove Park)

and

Park Royal Asda, via route

E3

to Acton

High Street, Twyford Avenue, Noel Road, Horn Lane, Park Royal Road (returning

at

North Acton, via Victoria Road, Wales Farm

Road and Leamington Park). One man M operated by V.

Converted on Sundays to crew T operation

(ex

RM).

Rerouted

at

Kings Cross to operate direct from Euston Road into Pentonville Road, instead

of

via York Road, Caledonia Street

and

Caledonian Road.

Saturday

PR

allocation converted

to

crew T operation (ex RM).

Partially converted on Saturdays and Sundays to crew T operation (ex RM).

Converted

to

crew T operation (ex RM).

Commencement of progressive conversion

to

crew T operation (ex. RM). Completed by 7th July.

Commencement

of

progressive conversion on Mondays to Saturdays to crew T operation (ex RM). Completed by 31st July.

Temporarily rerouted in Colham Green via Chapel Lane and Yiewsley By Pass, instead

of

West Drayton Road. Normal routeing

resumed 1st September.

Temporarily rerouted westbound via Pall Mall and St. James Street, instead of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Bus Lane.

Temporarily rerouted westbound via Haymarket, Pall Mall and St. James Street instead

of

Piccadilly Bus Lane.

Normal routeings resumed 16th July.

Rerouted on Isle

of

Dogs to terminate in Seyssel Street, departing via Saunders Ness Road and Glenworth Avenue.


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Route 137 A operated only twice during 1984. The first occasion was

on

Easter Sunday for the GLC s Easter Parade,

when

Battersea s

M8 9was caught

oading-up at Sloane Square.

Malcolm E Papes

The second appearance

wason

24th June, for a summer GLC event n Battersea Park.

Although

sCheduled again for Battersea Metrobuses, this time

the

route was

operated by Stockwell B20s; DMS2464 has just entered the Park gates.

Nigel lough

Both vehicles display an inability to show correct lor any) ultimate destinations.

24th June

137A

Su Special one day operation between Sloane Square

and

Battersea Park, via route 37_ One-man M o perated by B.

25th June

44 D Commencement of experimental one-man V operation of

Sunday SW

allocation.

170

M-S

Commencement of experimental one-man V operation.

N87 N

Commencement of experimental one-man V operation.

28th June

80 D

164 D

Temporarily rerouted in Belmont

to

operate

around

a clockwise circulatory system involving Cotswold

Road,

Downs

Road and

213 D Brigh ton

Road.

280 D

Normal routeings resumed

by

14th August.

July

106 D

Rerouted on Isle of Dogs via Marshwall and Limehabour, instead of

East

Ferry Road.

4th

July

RLST D Commencement of progressive conversion of

London Transport share

to one-man M

operation

(ex

omo

D). Completed by

4th

August.

9th

July

2

Temporarily curtailed in Swanley at Jubilee Way (Asda), instead of Swanley LCBS Garage .

21A

}

Normal routeing resumed 1st September.

12th/13th

July

N2

N

NIl

N

16th July

2

D

86

D

129 M-S

45

M-S

148 D

225 D

N98 N

17th July

6 D

119

M-S

119B

Su

138 M-S

146

M-S

Bl M-S

N74

N

126 D

26 D

23rd July

5

D

9

D

38

D

55

D

172

M-F

N79 N

N92 N

Commencement

of

progressive conversion

to one-man

M oper ation (ex

omo

D).

Commencement of progressive conversion to

one-man

M operat ion (ex omo D).

Note: Both these conversions were completed by 1st August.

Temporarily

rerouted southbound

at Borough Station via

Tabard

Street and Pilgrimage Street, instead of Nebraska Street. Normal

routeing resumed mid August.

I

Rerouted

in

IIford to operate

around

a clockwise circulator y system involving Ilford High Road, Green Lane

and

Wiston Way.

J

1

Rerouted to terminate in new Bromley

North

Bus Station off Tweedy Road, instead of

North

Street. Buses arrived via ColJege

Road and

Tweedy

Road,

departing via Tweedy

Road into

East Street.

J

}

Rerouted

southbound in

Bromley via Tweedy

Road

and new Bromley

North

Bus Station, instead of

North

Street.

Temporarily

rerouted

westbound via Grays Inn

Road and

High

Holborn,

instead.of Theobalds

Road, Drake

Street

and

Proctor

Street.

Normal

routeing resumed by

28th

August.


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127 TemporarilyreroutedwestboundinPudey viaBrightonRoad,PurleyKnollandWoodcoteValleyRoad,insteadof PurleyHigh

M-S }

127A

Su

Street,PurleyRoadandBansteadRoad.Outwardgaragejourneysonroute

234

towardsWoodcoteGreenwerealsoroutedoverthis

289

M-F

routeing.

234

M-F

WestboundjourneysthroughPurleyfromSelsdontowardsWoodcoteGreen,temporarilyreroutedviaBrightonRoad,PurleyKnoll

andWoodcoteValleyRoad,instead of BansteadRoad.

Normal routeingsresumed10thSeptember.

25thJuly

141 D

Commencementof progressiveconversion of Monday to SaturdayNXallocation tocrew T operation

exRM).

Completedby

24thAugust.

180 D

Commencementof sporadiccrewToperationof

TL

allocation(scheduledRM).

28thJuly

8

D FulldailyserviceextendedfromOldFordtoBowChurchviaWickLane,BlackwellTunnelNorthernApproachandBow Road,instead

of

onlyBowgaragejourneys.

8A

M-F

Withdrawnbetweenpeakhours.

9 D

LastwestboundjourneyonMondaystoSaturdays,alsopenultimatejourneyonSaturdays,rerouted to circumnavigateTrafalgar

Square,thusenablingeasierinterchangewithnightservices.

43

M-S

FYgaragejourneysfromFriernBarnetviaroute

221

revised to operateinpassengerserviceinstead

of

operating'dead'.

198

M-F

ExtendedfromThamesmeadEast(Hailey Road).toLowerBelvedere(CrabtreeManorWay)viaSt.ThomasRoad.

198A Sa

ExtendedfromThamesmeadEast(HaileyRoad)toLowerBelvedere(CrabtreeManorWay)via st. ThomasRoad.

3rd/4thAugust

N74 N

N77 N

N78 N

N83

N

JourneystowardsVictoriareroutedviaCockspurStreetandPallMallEast,insteadof TrafalgarSquareWestSide.

N85

N

N86 N

N90

N93

N92

J

11thAugust

30

l

8

TemporarilyreroutedwestboundinDalstonviaKingslandRoad,EnglefieldRoadandSouthgateRoad,instead

of

Balls

Pond

Road.

277

N96

f

76

D TemporarilyreroutedinDalstonviaEnglefieldRoad,insteadof StamfordRoad.

Note:Normalrouteingsresumed6thSeptember.

12thAugust

47

D

TLallocationconvertedonSundaysto crewToperation(ex RM).

13thAugust

58

Temporarilyreroutednorthbound inWalthamstowviaMarkhouseAvenueandStationRoad, instead

of

MarkhouseRoadintoSt.

158

JamesStreetdirect.

230

M-S J

Normalrouteingresumed27thOctober.

1

19thAugust

25

D

86

D

ReroutedwestboundinIlfordviallfordLane,RodenStreetandRodenWay,insteadof IlfordHill.

147

D

225 D

j

N98 N

169

Reroutednorthboundinmord viaRodenStreet,RodenWayandIlfordHill,insteadof llfordLane.

179

}

129

M-S f

ReroutednorthboundinIlfordviaI1fordHighRoad,IlfordLane,RodenStreet,RodenWayandI1fordHill,insteadof Cleveland

145

M-S

RoadandAlbertRoad.Thisrouteingalsoappliedtooutwardgaragejourneysonroutes139 and150 fromSevenKingsGarage.

148 D

25thAugust

47

D

Commencement

of


of TL

allocationonMondaysto Saturdays

to

crewToperation(exRM).Completedby30th

September.

27thAugust(BankHolidayMonday)

Inadditiontothenormalaugmentationof SundayservicesforaBankHoliday,extensivediversionstookplacearoundtheNorthKensington& Ladbroke

Groveareasbecause

of

theannualCarnival.Onealteration

of

notewas:

36

D Extendedafter1130 fromVictoriatoWestKilburnvianormalMondaytoFridayrouteing(exceptnearWestbournePark).

28thAugust

44 D

Commencementof experimentalone-manMoperationof SundaySWallocation.

58

D

ReroutedinCanningTowntoterminateinLiverpoolRoadinsteadof OakCrescent.

170 M-S

Commencementof experimentalone-manMoperation.

173

M-S

ReroutedsouthboundinCanningTownviaStarLaneandLiverpoolRoad,insteadof StephensonStreet.

N87 N

Commencementof experimentalone-manMoperation.

30thAugust

46 D

Commencementof progressiveconversionto one-manMoperation(ex omoD). Completedby27thOctober.

1stSeptember

l30B D

Mondayto Fridayafternoonschooljourneyvia New Addington,OverburyCrescent,withdrawn.MondaytoFridayschooljourneys

extendedinNew AddingtonfromSalcotCrescenttoHomesteadWayviaKingHenry'sDrive.
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184

D Journeysterminating

at

Elephant

&

Castlerevisedto

stand in

SouthwarkBridge

Road at

alltimesof

day,

instead

of

Waterlooduring

evenings(see21st

January).

Extended from Brockley(FrendsburyRoad)to New Cross GarageviaAvignon

Road,

Pepys

Road,

Jerningham

Road

and NewCrossRoad, returningviaNewCrossRoad, PepysRoad and AvignonRoad.

501 M-F

Rerouted

eastbound

between

peak hours

viaand

stopping in

Aldwych,insteadof

Strand

underpass.

10thSeptember

41

D

123 D

Rerouted

eastbound

in

Tottenham

via

Monument Way,

insteadof Chestnut

Road.

230 D

149 D

171

D

2l ,3 M-S

43A Su

Further

temporarilyrerouted

in Tottenham

via

Monument Way,

insteadChestnut

Road

(seeJune).

259 M-S r

279 M-SJ

79A Su

N83 N

N90 N

P3

D

TemporarilyreroutedinCamberwellvia

Southampton Way

and New

Church Road,

insteadof WellsWay.Normalrouteingresumed

bytheend of

the

year.

15thSeptember

116 D

SummerSundayextensionfromStaines,Wraysbury

Road, to Thorpe Park

withdrawn(lastdayof operation9thSeptember).

28thSeptember

47 D

,Commencement

of progressiveconversion of TB allocationto crewToperation(exRM).Completedby31stOctober.

29thSeptember

79 D

Withdrawn.

226 D

Reroutedon Mondaysto Saturdays

to 'double-run'

via

Park

Royal(Asda).Extended

from

Park RoyalTradingEstateto

Burnt

Oak via

route

79,exceptinAlpertonwherebuses

'double-ran'

pastAlpertonGarage,turning at

junction of

Bridgewater

Road/Manor Farm

Road.

ON one-man Mallocationintroducedon Mondaysto Saturdays.

252 D Extended

from South Hornchurch

(CoronationDrive)toHornchurch(White

Hart)

via

South End Road,

Airfield

Way,

Suttons

Lane

and

StationLane.Unofficiallyconvertedon Sundays

to

LSoperation(exomo T).

297 M-S

Introduced

on

SundaysbetweenBalingBroadwayStationandWembley

Arena,

via

Monday to Saturday

routeingtoWembleyCentral

Station, thenWembleyHigh

Road,

WembleyTriangle

and

WembleyHill Road. One-manMoperated byON.

E2

D SummerSundayextension

from

RuislipStation

to

RuislipLidowithdrawn(last

day

of

operation

23rdSeptember).

1st

October

58

Temporarilyrerouted

southbound

at WansteadPark viaBective

Road

and

Woodford Road,

insteadof Dames

Road.

Temporarily

}

162 M-S rerouted

northbound

via

Woodford Road

and Bignold

Road,

insteadof DamesRoad.

l M-S

Rerouted

to

terminated

at

Mile

End

StationinGrove

Road,

insteadof viaMile

End Road, Rhondda

Grove,Morgan Streetand Grove

Road.

4th

October

63

D

Rerouted

near Peckham, northbound

viaColegrove

Road

and Glengall

Road

and

southbound

viaGlengall

Road and

Bird-In-Bush

Road,

insteadof Trafalgar Avenue,Sumner

Road

and Willowbrook

Road.

5th

October

IA Su

Commencementof sporadiccrewToperationbyTL (normallyRM).

261

D

Commencementof progressiveconversionto one-manT operation (ex.LS). Saturday allocationcontinuedtorequiremixed LS/T

operation.Completedby29thNovember.

16thOctober

119 M-S

Commencement

of

progressiveconversiontocrewToperation(exRM).Completed

by

31stOctober.

119B Su ConvertedtocrewT

operation

(exRM).

18th

October

106 D

Commencement

of


to

one-manMoperation(ex

omo

T).

Conversion

not

completedbythe

end

of theyear.

19th

October

190 D

Commencementof progressiveconversion

on

Mondays

to

SaturdaystocrewDoperation(exRM).Saturday allocationcontinuedto

requiremixedRM/D operation.Completed

by

27thOctober.

26th/27th

October

N2 N

Extended

from

WestNorwood Stationto CrystalPalaceviaroute 2B.ExtendedfromTrafalgarSquareto FriernBarnetviaroute N29

to

Camden Town, route

27 to ArchwayStation,

route

N92to MuswellHillBroadway

and

then

route

43.Journeysto Pimlicovia

route

N92introduced.HT one-man Mallocationintroduced.Seebelow.

NJ3

N Extendedfrom

North

Finchley

to

BarnetChurchvia

route

263.

N60 N

Newnight

route

inaloop

from Clapham Common

Station.Four journeysoperated

over the

followingroute:Clapham Common-route

35-Brixton-route50-Streatham-route6O-WestCroydon-route50-Thornton

Heath-rbute

159-Streatham-route118-Clapham

Common.

One-manMoperatedby

CA,

replacinga

'private' staff

bus.

N76 N ExtendedfromLeytonstone(GreenMan)toWansteadStationvia

route

10.Seebelow.

N78 N

TH

allocationwithdrawn.Seebelow.

N79 N

Rerouted

at Trafalgar

Square

to

WillesdenGaragevia

route

N82to KensalRise

and route

52,instead

of

ArchwayStation.Seebelow.

N82 N Wit hd rawnbetweenTrafalgar Squareand KensalRiseStation.Extendedto operateeverynightfrom Elthamto Woolwichand further

extendedto Thamesmead(St.Paul's Church)via

route

N77.Journeyspreviouslyoperatingout of servicebetween

Trafalgar

Square

and

Victoriamadeavailableforpassengeruse.Seebelow.

N87 N WithdrawninStreathambetween

S1

Leonard's Church

and

TheGreyhound.

N91 N Withdrawn.

N92 N

Withdrawn

betweenTrafalgarSquareand Pimlico.

N93 N

Reroutedbetween

Camden Town and Hampstead Heath to

operateinaclockwiseloopvia

Camden

HighStreet,Chalk

Farm Road,

HaverstockHill,

Pond

Street,

South End

Green,and thenroute 24.Extendedfrom

Trafalgar

Square to Hammersmith(Butterwick)via

route

9.Journeys

to

VictoriaviaVictoriaStreetretained

and

journeys

to

VictoriaviaGrosvenorPlaceintroduced.Convertedtoone

man

Moperation(excrew

M, RM

or RML).Seebelow.

N95 N

ReroutedbetweenLiverpoolStreetStation

and

Aldgatevia

route

N76,insteadof CommercialStreet.


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39

N2 N

Nil

N

N74 N

N76 N

N 7 7

N78

N

N79

N

N82

N

All journeys passing through or terminating at Victoria rerouted through the Bus Station.

N83

N

N85

N

N86

N

N87

N

N90 N

N93 N

N95

N

N98

N

27th October

IA

Su

Converted to one-man T operation (ex RM).

2

D

Summer Sunday extension from Baker Street Station to The Zoo withdrawn (last day of operation 21st October). Rerouted on Sundays

to terminate

in

Dorset Square, instead

of

Allsop Place. Monday to Friday GM

RM

allocation introduced.

2B

D

Monday to Friday GM allocation withdrawn. Sunday to Friday SW allocation withdrawn. Daily N

RM

allocation re-introduced.

3

D

Withdrawn between Camden Town and Parliament Hill Fields.

Q

allocation transferred

to

WL on Sundays to Fridays.

CF

RM

allocation re-introduced on Saturdays.

4 M-S

Regular all day service withdrawn between Finsbury Park Station and Holloway Garage. Garage journeys between Finsbury Park and

HT

routed via former routeing to Tufnell Park Station and then direct via Junction Road. Extended between Monday to Friday peaks

from Farringdon Street

to

Waterloo.

12

D

S RM allocation re-introduced daily. WL allocation withdrawn on Sundays.

19

D Extended all day

on

Mondays to Saturdays from Finsbury

Park

Station

to

Holloway Garage via route 4 (including Dartmouth

Park

Hill). Sunday garage journeys direct via Junction Road between Tufnell Park and

HT

remained unaltered.

2lA M-S

Withdrawn

34

D

Withdrawn between Whipps Cross and Leytonstone (Harrow Green).

45 D

WL allocation transferred

to SW

on Mondays

to

Fridays.

46

D

Withdrawn between Warwick Avenue Station

and

Kensal Rise Station outside Monday to Friday peak hours and all day Saturdays.

Further withdrawn between Swiss Cottage Station and Warwick Avenue Station during Monday to Saturday evenings and early a.m.

on Saturdays.

49

D

Withdrawn in Streatham between St. Leonard's Church and the Garage. AK allocation withdrawn. L RM allocation re-introduced

on Sundays.

53 D

Extended on Mondays to Saturdays from Camden Town to Parliament Hill Fields via route 3.

Above left: One of the more odd changes from 27th October was the transfer

of the

Monday to Saturday extension of route 3 to Parliament Hill Fields

to

route

53 RM 1582

at

Plumstead Common heads for its new terminus on

the

first day.

olin Fradd

Above left: RouteCll was extended again from the same date when it reached Brent Cross Shopping

Centre. BL18 loads for the return on this now lengthy route

to

Kings Cross on 8th December.

Trevor Whelan

56 M-S

Rerouted between Aldgate and Stepney East Station via Minories (return via Mansell Street), Prescot Street, East Smithfield, The

Highway and Butcher Row, instead

of

Aldgate one-way system and Commercial Road. Rerouted on Isle of Dogs via East Ferry Road,

Asda, Limeharbour and Marshwall, instead

of

Manchester Road. Rerouted eastbound in Poplar via Cotto n Street, instead

of

Bazeley

Street. Withdrawn between Poplar and Limehouse via East India Dock Road (direct), but extended from Poplar

to

East Beckton

District Centre (Asda) via East India Dock Road, Canning Town, Barking Road,

New Barn Street, Newham Way and Tollgate Road.

PR

allocation transferred to WHo

68

D Daily Q allocation transferred to N. CF allocation withdrawn on Saturdays.

77

D

Withdrawn in Streatham between

S1.

Leonard's Church and the Garage. AL allocation withdrawn on Sundays, SW RM allocation

introduced on Saturdays and Sundays.

77A D

Monday to Friday AL allocation withdrawn, thus service south

of

Wandsworth reduced

to

Monday to Friday peak hours only.

86 D

Withdrawn

on Mondays to Saturdays between Bromley-By-Bow Station and Limehouse, further withdrawn outside Monday to Friday

peak hours and all day Saturdays between Stratford Bus Station and Bromley-By-Bow Station.

88 D Sunday SW RML allocation re-introduced.

89

D

Monday to Friday school journeys via Stratheden Road, Royal Standard (Blackheath)

and

Old Dover Road rerouted via normal

routeing Le. Shooters Hill Road.

96 D Withdrawn between Woolwich and Charl ton (Anchor

&

Hope Lane).

122

D BX one-man T allocation introduced. on Mondays to Saturdays.

127A

Su

Rerouted in Streatham at S1. Leonard's ChUrch to Brixton Garage via route 57, instead of Streatham Garage.


12/13

40

131 D

133

D

141 D

144A M-S

148

D

155 M-S

156 D

159 D

164 D

173 M-S

177 D

178

D

180

D

181 M-S

200 D

206 D

225

D

228

M-S

229 M-S

233

M-S

249 D

269A M-S

272 D

276 M-S

278

M-S

287 D

291

D

299 Su

(556)

N

Cll

M-S

S2

D

W2 M-F

RLST

D

29th October

22 D

22A D

}

48

D

30 D

38 D

277 D

N%

N

f

1st November

21

D

122

D

178

D

N82

N

f

195

D

5th November

21 D

Early Sunday morning projections around Victoria Embankmen t via Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges rerouted

at

Kennington to

operate to Aldwych via Elephant Castle and route 17l.

Extended from Streatham Garage to Norbury, Hermitage Lane, via Streatham High Road.

Converted on Sundays to one-man M operation (ex RM).

WN one-man M allocation introduced on Saturdays.

Regular Saturday shopping hours service introduced between Ilford Station

and

Barking Garage, via South

Park

Drive.

Monday to Friday peak hour and Saturday early morning service around Victoria Embankment via Blackfriars and Westminster

Bridges rerouted

at

Kennington to operate to Aldwych via Elephant Castle and route 171.

Rerouted during evenings (after 1945)

at

Oapham Junction to terminate

at

the Northcote, via St. Johns Road, instead of standing

at

the Meyrick Arms.

Daily AK allocation transferred to Q.

Extended during Monday to Friday peak hours from Lower Morden to Wimbledon

Station via route 156.

Rerouted between Newham Way and Stratford via route 262, instead of Canning Town and Manor Way. Introduced on Sundays

(evenings excepted) between Stratford (Bus Station) and East Beckton District Centre (Asda). Converted to one-man T operation (ex

LS).

Regular service extended daily from Woolwich to Plumstead Garage, instead

of

just garage journeys.

Extended from Woolwich to Lewisham (Bus Station) via route 291.

Monday to Saturday Lewisham-Lower Sydenham Station section withdrawn, thus TL R lcrew T allocation withdrawn. Monday to

Saturday Abbey Wood-Catford Garage and Sunday Abbey Wood-Lower Sydenham Station sections remained unchanged.

New Monday to Saturday route between Lewisham Bus Station and Lower Sydenham (Bell Green), via Lewisham High Street,

Courthill Road, Hither Green Lane, Torridon Road, Sandhurst Road, Sangley Road (return via Rushey Green, Brownhill Road and

Plassy Road), Bromley Road, Southend Lane, Stanton Road and Bel1 Green. LS operated by

TL.

Rerouted in Streatham

at

St. Leonard's Church to Brixton Garage via route 57, instead of Streatham Garage.

Summer Sunday extension to Epping withdrawn north of Claybury Hospital. The Sunday service via Grange Farm was retained with

garage journeys to Loughton Garage.

WH allocation withdrawn on Mondays to Saturdays.

Sunday service re-introduced between Eltham (Well Hall Station) and Sidcup (Queen Mary's Hospital). One-man

M T

operated by SP.

Sunday service re-introduced between Sidcup Stat ion

and

Green Street Green. One-man

MIT

operated by SP.

New Monday to Saturday route between Eltham (Well Hal! Station) and Swanley LCBS Garage via route

228

to Sidcup Station and

then route 21A. One man M T operated by SP.

AK allocation transferred to Clapham (CA). Converted to one-man M operation

(ex

omo D).

New Monday

to

Saturday (evenings excepted) route between Bexleyheath (Market Place) and Woolwich, via route 269 to Lower Road

(Belvedere), then Picardy Manor Way, St. Thomas Road, Yarnton Way, Eynsham Drive and then route 180. On Saturdays the service

was confined to shopping hours. Extended during Monday to Friday peak hours to Charlton (Anchor & Hope Lane) via route 180.

During Monday to Friday peak hours and

at

lunchtimes buses bifurcated to 'double-run' via Crabtree Manor Way and Anderson Way.

One-man T operated by PD.

Rerouted in Thamesmead on Mondays to Saturdays to operate in both directions around a loop via Bentham Road, Central Way and

Cross Way. Rerouted in Thamesmead on Sundays to operate around

the

above loop in

an

anti-clockwise direction.

New Monday to Saturday route between Canning Town and Stratford Bus Station via route 173, extended evepings excepted to Stoke

Newington via route 278. LS operated by

PRo

'

Rerouted in Stratford to Limehouse via route 86, instead

of

Stoke Newington. Converted to one-man T operation (ex LS).

Extended during Saturday shopping hours from Barking to Becontree (Chittys Lane) via Monday to Friday routeing.

Withdrawn between Woolwich and Lewisham (Bus Station). Sunday service officially withdrawn, although operation on that day

continued by local arrangement until 21st April 1985 Oast day

of

operation).

Withdrawn.

Rerouted westbound via Waterloo Bridge, York Road and Westminster Bridge, instead

of Strand, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.

Extended (evenings excepted) from Shoot Up Hill to Brent Cross (Shopping Centre) via Cricklewood Broadway, Cricklewood Lane,

Claremont Road and then route 26.

Extended on Saturdays and Sundays from

Oapton

(Kenninghall Road) to the Lee Valley Ice Centre via Lea Bridge Road.

Withdrawn during evenings. Extended from Turnpike Lane (during peak hours) or Wood Green (between peaks) to Enfield via route

29. AD one-man M allocation introduced.

Seasonal augmentation by hired vehicles from LCBS withdrawn.

Temporarily rerouted southbound in Dalston via Queensbridge Road and Richmond Road, instead

of

Dalston Lane.

Temporarily rerouted westbound in Dalston via Queensbridge Road, Richmond Road and Kingsland Road, instead

of

Dalston Lane.

Note: Normal routeings resumed by the end

of

the year.

Temporarily rerouted eastbound in Lee Green via Burnt Ash Road, Dorville Road and Cambridge Drive, instead

of

Eltham Road.

Temporarily rerouted westbound in Lee Green via

Horn Park

Lane

or

Cambridge Drive (according to traffic conditions),

Upwood Road and Burnt Ash Road, instead of Eltham Road.

Normal routeings resumed 5th December.

Withdrawn between Southall Garage and Ealing Hospital.

SP allocation unofficially converted during Monday to Friday evenings to crew T operation (ex RM). Unofficially partially converted

to crew T operation on Saturdays (ex RM).

16th November

77A

D

Commencement of progressive conversion to crew D operation (ex RM). Conversion

not

completed by the end of the year.

19th November

50 M-S

Commencement of progressive conversion to one-man M operation (ex omo D).

95

D

Commencement

of

progressive conversion to one-man M operation (ex omo D).


13/13

41

109 D Commencementof partialprogressiveconversion of

BN

allocationtocrewDoperation

(ex

RM).

133 D Commencementof partialprogressiveconversiontocrew Doperation(exRM).

N87

N Commencementof progressiveconversiontoone-manMoperation (exomoD).

Note:Theaboveconversionswerecompletedby 12thDecember.

24th November

153

M-S

ExtendedfromAngelStationto TottenhamCourtRoadStation,viaroute

19

toHolborn,thenviaNewOxfordStreet(returningvia

BloomsburyWay).

187

M-S

ReroutedinPark RoyalviaMinervaRoad,ParkRoyalRoadandActonLane,instead

of

NorthActonRoad;

26th November

119

M-S }

119B

Su TemporarilyreroutedsouthboundinBromleyviaMasonsHillandHayesLane,instead

of

WestmorelandRoadandHayesRoad.

146

M-S

216

D

MondaytoFridayschooldayjourneysconvertedtoone-manMoperation(exLS).JourneysoperatedonKingston-Tolworthsection.

500

M-S

Commencement

of

temporaryaugmentationwithcrewMoperation,forduration

of

closureof VictoriaLinebetweenVictoriaand

WarrenStreet,followingafireat OxfordCircus.Therewereoccasionalappearances

of

RMsonatleasttwodays.Thelinewasre

openedfrom 18th December,but

off

peakaugmentationcontinueduntil21stDecember.

RLST D Newstartingpointforguidedtourintroducedform HolliesStreet.

1stDecember

77

D

Commencement

of


of

SaturdayandSundaySW allocationto crewDoperation (ex RM). Conversionnot

completeattheendof theyear.

2ndDecember

5

D

WH allocationconvertedonSundaystocrewToperation(exRM).

159

D SundayBNallocationconvertedtocrewDoperation(exRM).

4thDecember

61 D

Commencement

of

progressiveconversiontoone-manToperation

(ex

LS).Conversionnotcompletedat theendof theyear.

15thDecember

149 D

Completionof progressiveconversionto RMoperation (exRCL),which commencedduringJuly1983.

16thDecember

65 D

71

TemporarilyreroutedinSurbitontowardsKingstonviaBrightonRoad,MapleRoadandS1. JamesRoad,insteadof VictoriaRoad.

215

}

215

M-S

TemporarilyreroutedinSurbitontowardsEsherviaSt.AndrewsRoadandMapleRoad,instead of VictoriaRoadandBrightonRoad.

Note:Normalrouteingsresumed18th January 1985.

17thDecember

56

M-S

Rerouted

on

Isleof DogsviaManchesterRoad,insteadof EastFerryRoad,thus'double-running'viaMarshwallandLimeharbourto

serveAsda.

26thDecember(SpecialBoxingDayoperation)

266 D AC

RM/M

mixedallocationintroducedonthisdayonly(supplementingnormalWallocation).

28thDecember

58

}

Rerouted at Wanstead Park via new section

of

Dames Road, instead of Bective Road and WoodfordRoad (southbound) or

162 M-S

WoodfordRoadandBignoldRoad(northbound).

SPECIALSERVICES

*Routesmarkedthusconsistedofonereturnjourney, conveyingpassengersonlytotheouterdestinationandhomeagain.

20thAprilto2ndSeptember

*604 Su SpecialSundayandBankHolidayroutebetweenThamesmeadandBrightonviaroadsM25,M23andA23. One-manToperatedby

PD

*605

Su

SpecialSundayandBankHolidayroutebetweenEltham(WellHallStation)andFolkestone,viaroute

21 to

Sidcup,route229to

S1.

MaryCrayStation,route51 toCrittalsCornerthenroads

A20/M20

BusespickeduppassengersasfarasCrittalsCorner.One-manT

operatedbySP.

2ndMay

WFSa

SpecialWednesday,FridayandSaturdayshoppinghoursroutebetweenRomford(MercuryGardens)andWennington,viaroute

252

toUpperRainhamRoad,RainhamRoadandthenaroundaloopvia

New

Road,UpminsterRoad,LakeAvenue,ThornLane,Briscoe

Road, AbbeyWoodLane, BerwickRoad, Thorn Lane,LakeAvenue,UpminsterRoad, NewRoad,WenningtonRoad,Rainham

Broadway,BridgeRoad,thencereturning

to

Romford. One-manToperatedbyRD(busesoccasionallyloanedfromNS).

6thMayto2ndSeptember

Su SpecialSundayandBankHolidayservicebetweenArchwayStationandThorpePark,viaroute

43

toNagsHead,route29toCamden

Town,route27 toPaddington,LancasterGate,NottingHillGate,route 27 toHammersmithandthenroadsA4,A316,M3,M25,

A317 andA320.One-man IMoperatedbyHT.

12thMayto2ndSeptember

D SpecialdailyroutebetweenGreenwich(CuttySark)andCharlton(ThamesBarrier),viaroute177.One-manToperated byTL,with

occasionaloperationbyopen-topDM948.

31stMay to30thJune

M-S SpecialMonday to SaturdayeveningroutebetweenWestLondonStadiumCarParkandQueensParkRangersfootballgroundvia

route283.Serviceoperatedinconnectionwith religiousfestival.

28thMayto23rdSeptember

* Su SpecialSundayandBankHolidayroutebetweenMordenStationandChariton(ThamesBarrier)viaMitcham,StreathamandCrystal

Documents

Summary of London Transport Route Alterations 1984