Route 5

11.11.59	PR	22RM	25RM	19RM
	WH	8RM	--	--

CLERKENWELL GREN, Old Street, Commercial Street, Stepney, Limehouse, Poplar, Canning Town, Barking Road, East Ham, Barking, BARKING GARAGE
This was stage 4 of the Trolleybus Replacement Program

11.10.61	PR	22RM	26RM	19RM
	WH	10RM	--	6RM

BLOOMSBURY - BARKING GARAGE (Sun) - Bennetts Castle Lane, BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Mon-Sat)
Mon-Sat extended from Barking Garage to Becontree via Bennetts Castle Lane replacing withdrawn section of service 238 which was diverted to Little Heath.

09.05.62	PR	22RM	26RM	--
	WH	10RM	--	--

BLOOMSBURY - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service extended from Barking Garage to Becontre via Becontree Avenue and renumbered 5B ..

15.08.62	PR	10RM	-	--
	WH	10RM	--	--

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Fri)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between East Ham and Becontree and diverted at East Ham to "White Horse".
Saturday withdrawn between Barking Garage and Becontree and renumbered 5B
Becontree section replaced by new Mon-Sat 33 service.

27.01.65

13RM

PR allocation withdrawn.

01.02.66

13RML

RM type replaced by RML.

07.09.68	PR	--	-	6RM
	WH	13RML	9RML	--

BLOOMSBURY (Sun) - CLERKENWELL GREEN (Mon-Sat) - POPLAR (Sun) - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Sat/Sun early journeys)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Clerkenwell Green and Bloomsbury.
Sat introduced between Clerkenwell Green and East Ham partly replacing withdrawn 5C
Sunday introduced between Bloomsbury and Poplar with early journeys extended to East Ham. This partly replaced withdrawn 5B .

RML2380 is seen at a deserted Clerkenwell Green stand shortly before the route was converted to One Man Operation

17.04.71	PR	7DMS	5DMS	4DMS
	WH	7DMS	4DMS	4DMS

Converted to One Person Operation
Mon-Sat PR allocation re-introduced and Sun WH allocation re-introduced.

22.04.78	PR	--	3DMS	2DMS
	WH	15DMS	5DMS	5DMS

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse
Revised to operated between Bloomsbury and East Ham all day.

31.01.81	PR	--	3DMS	3DMS
	WH	14DMS	6DMS	5DMS

WATERLOO, Aldwych, Kingsway, Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell Green, Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Aldgate, Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, Plaistow, Upton Park, EAST HAM White Horse
Daily extended from Bloomsbury to Waterloo via service 68.

25.04.81	BK	--	--	9T
	U	--	--	7DMS
	WH	21RM	13RM	--

WATERLOO, Aldwych, Kingsway, Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell Green, Old Street, Great Eastern Street, Aldgate, Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, Plaistow, East Ham, Barking, Longbridge Road, BECONTREE HEATH
Mon-Sat reverted to Crew Operation.
Daily extended from East Ham to Becontree Heath via withdrawn 23.
PR allocation withdrawn. New Sunday BK and U allocation introduced at the expense of WH.

31.10.81	BK	--	--	9T
	U	--	--	7DMS
	WH	21RM	13RM	--

WATERLOO, Aldwych, Kingsway, Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell Green, Old Street, Shoreditch, Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, Plaistow, East Ham, Barking, BECONTREE HEATH
Re-routed at Shoreditch via service 78 to Aldgate instead of via Commercial Street.

04.09.82	BK	--	--	7Tc
	U	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH	15RM	--	--

WATERLOO (Mon-Fri except evenings) - OLD STREET STN (Mon-Fri evenings/Sat/Sun) - BECONTREE HEATH
Sunday service reverted to Crew Operation.
Withdrawn between Old Street and Waterloo except Mon-Fri daytime
Saturday WH allocation withdrawn.
Mon-Sat U allocation introduced.

23.04.83	U	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH	15RM	--	7RM

Sunday BK allocation transferred to WH.

04.12.84	U	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH	15RM	--	7Tc

Sunday WH allocation to crew T

27.01.85	U	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH	15RM	--	7RM

WH Sunday operation reverted back to RM

RM203 has a deserted Holborn all to itself - Paul Davis

03.08.85	U	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH	15Tc	--	7Tc

WH vehicles changed from RM to T crew operated.

RML2570 at Becontree Heath Bus Station - Paul Davis

02.11.85	BK	20T	5T	--
	WH	7T	8T	13T

Converted to One Person Operation.
Mon-Sat BK allocation re-introduced. Sat WH allocation introduced. U allocation withdrawn.

21.06.86

28T

13T

WH allocation withdrawn.

04.03.89	BK	--	--	13T
	WH	7T	5T	13T

HOLBORN STN (Mon-Sat early journeys) - OLD STREET - POPLAR (Mon-Sat) - PLAISTOW Greengate (Mon-Sat WH gararge journeys) - BECONTREE HEATH (Suns)
Withdrawn between Old Street and Waterloo except for ealry journeys to Holborn Station (replaced by new Red Arrow Route 505)
Mon-Sat BK allocation replaced by reintroduced WH allocation.

21.04.90

11T

13T

OLD STREET (Sun except evgs) - CANNING TOWN (MonSat/Sun evenings) - BECONTREE HEATH
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Poplar and Old Street/Holborn (partly replaced by new D3) and introduced instead between Canning Town and Becontree Heath replacing withdrawn section of D5.
Sunday service between Canning Town and Old Street withdrawn after market closed.