 |
 |
| 26.10.49 |
P |
-- |
4LT |
-- |
Q |
8SRT |
3SRT |
5SRT |
ALDGATE Minories Bus Station, Minories, Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road, Bricklayers Arms, Old Kent Road, Albany Road, Camberwell Road, CAMBERWELL GREEN
| 03.05.50 |
P |
-- |
4STL |
-- |
Q |
8SRT |
3SRT |
5SRT |
LT type replaced by STL at Old Kent Road (P).
| 02.05.51 |
Q |
9SRT |
7SRT |
5RTL |
(P) Old Kent Road allocation withdrawn and RTL type introduced on Sundays.
| 14.05.52 |
Q |
9SRT |
7RTL |
5RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (MS) Loughborough Junction, Herne Hill, West Norwood,
NORWOOD GARAGE (Suns)
RTL type introduced on Saturdays and Sunday extended
from Camberwell Green to Norwood Garage to compensate for Route
48 Sunday withdrawal.
| 06.10.54 |
Q |
9RTL |
7RTL |
5RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (MS)
- HERNE HILL (Suns)
SRT type withdrawn and Sunday service withdrawn
between Herne Hill and Norwood Garage.
| 16.02.55 |
Q |
9RTL |
10RTL |
6RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (MF) - HERNE HILL (Suns) - NORWOOD
GARAGE (Sats)
Saturday extended from Camberwell Green to Norwood Garage
to part compensate for Route 48 withdraw on this day.
| 17.10.56 |
Q |
8RTL |
9RTL |
6RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (MF) - HERNE HILL (Sat/Sun)
Saturday withdrawn between Herne Hill and Norwood Garage.
| 20.08.58 |
Q |
10RTL |
7RTL |
5RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (MF/Sun) - HERNE HILL (MF peaks/Sat)
MF peaks extended from Camberwell Green to Herne Hill
to part compensate for Route 48 withdrawal.
 |
| 17.01.65 |
Q |
10RTL |
6RTL |
4RTL |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN -; HERNE HILL (MF peaks)
Saturday withdrawn between Camberwell Green and Herne
Hill, this section covered by new 40B.
 |
| 16.05.66 |
Q |
10RT |
5RT |
4RT |
RTL type replaced by RT.
| 31.12.66 |
Q |
8RT |
5RT |
3RT |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN
Withdrawn between Camberwell Green and Herne Hill, this section left unserved.
| 24.01.70 |
Q |
7MB |
4MB |
4MB |
Converted to single deck OPO.
| 23.01.73 |
Q |
7DMS |
4DMS |
4DMS |
Converted to double deck operation.
 |
| 24.11.79 |
Q |
6SMS |
5SMS |
4SMS |
Reverted to single deck operation.
 |
| 14.07.80 |
Q |
6DMS |
5DMS |
4DMS |
Converted back to double deck operation.
| 26.07.80 |
Q |
6T |
5T |
4T |
DMS type replaced by Leyland Titan.
| 27.04.85 |
WL |
4T |
4T |
4T |
ALDGATE
- CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Evening service withdrawn and allocation transferred
to Walworth (WL).
| 02.11.85 |
Q |
3T |
4T |
3T |
Walworth garage closures forces route back to Camberwell (Q).
 |
| 07.02.87 |
NL |
SNB |
SNB |
SNB |
Service transferred to London Country South East (National London Catford)
| 28.02.87 |
NL |
SNB |
SNB |
SNB |
Allocation transferred to Victoria with the closure of Catford although buses were kept at the NBC Battersea Coach park to the south of Chelsea Bridge.
| 30.12.89 |
SK |
SNB |
SNB |
SNB |
Allocation moved to a new depot at Bricklayers Arms
| 21.01.90 |
SK |
LN |
LN |
-- |
LY |
-- |
-- |
ON |
Sunday service transferred to Leyton and converted to double deck Leyland Olympian
| 24.02.90 |
SK |
LN |
-- |
-- |
LY |
-- |
ON |
ON |
Saturday Southwark Depot allocation transferred to Leyton and converted to double deck Leyland Olympian
| 15.12.90 |
LY |
5MR |
4MR |
2MR |
Monday-Friday allocation transferred from Bricklayers Arms to Leyton and converted to Metrorider operation..
| 08.05.94 |
CH |
5MR |
4MR |
2MR |
Leyton (LY) allocation transferred to Cambridge Heath.
| 11.06.94 |
CH |
5Dart |
4Dart |
2Dart |
CAMBERWELL
GREEN - LIVERPOOL STREET STN (except
evenings)
Extended from Aldgate to Liverpool Street
| 04.05.96 |
CH |
7Dart |
7Dart |
3Dart |
CAMBERWELL
GREEN - LIVERPOOL STREET STN
Late evening service introduced.
 |
| 19.04.97 |
QB |
7Dart |
7Dart |
5Dart |
DENMARK
HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET BUS STATION
Extended from Camberwell Green to Denmark Hill. Contract transferred from
Kentish Bus to Limebourne
 |
| 07.07.01 |
QB |
7DCL |
6DCL |
4DCL |
Operation transferred to Connex Bus
| 19.01.02 |
DR |
12dart |
11dart |
5dart |
Operation sub contracted to Durham Travel Services (DTS) Old Kent Road base
| 20.04.02 |
DR |
12dart |
11dart |
5dart |
DENMARK
HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Formally transferred to Durham Travel Services (DTS)
 |
 |
 |
| 21.08.02 |
AG |
12sd |
11sd |
6sd |
DTS go into liquidation, service transferred to East Thames buses.
|
| 15.10.05 |
MA |
12sd |
11sd |
6sd |
Operation transferred to a new base at Mandela Way SE1
 |
 |
P
Old Kent Road
Changeover point ?
Q
Camberwell
Changeover point garage
WL
Walworth
Changeover point garage
NL
Catford
Changeover point ?
NL
Victoria
Changeover point ?
KB
Kentish Bus ( Southwark, Leyton, Cambridge Heath )
Changeover point ?
QB
Battersea Base (Connex and Limebourne)
Changeover point ?
DR
Old Kent Road (DTS)
Changeover point ?
AG
East Thames Buses
Changeover point ?
MA
East Thames Buses
Changeover point ?
Observations by an ex inspector Martin Gray
The 42 road
which you haven't yet introduced to your marvellous 'site, with seven buses
during the peaks and five off peak, Mon - Sat was the biggest challenge. With
the Pool of London still a very busy shipping facility, answering the phone
on the wall outside the Midland Bank on Denmark Hill or in the hut on the
island over the toilets, and hearing my colleague at Aldgate say at 0730 "the
bridge is up" caused the blood to run cold. The answer to our stock question
"how many have you got" usually caused the knees to buckle "all
of them!" (My colleagur regulating the 78s at Peckham Hill Street was
a tad better off as he usually had some up his sleeve due to the longer route
and southern end to the Dulwich Plough).
Don't ever let anyone tell you that in the halcyon days of LTB/LTE, buses
and crews couldn't be poached. It was common practice, prior to OMO introduction,
to 'borrow' a 40A or 35 (Q allocation) to run some Camberwell Green - Bricklayers
Arms shorts just to get a service happening!
This page dedicated to Martin Gray
Page modified Wednesday, June 13, 2007
