 |
 |
| 03.05.50 |
HW |
24RTL |
25RTL/6STL |
17RTL/9STL |
V |
7RTL |
11RTL |
7RTL |
HAYES STATION - Coldharbour Lane, Yeading, Greenford, Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, West Ealing, Northfields, Popes Lane, Acton, The Avenue, Turnham Green, Sutton Court Road, then Grove Park Hotel (Monday-Saturday) or Burlington Lane, CHISWICK Edensor Road.
| 02.05.51 |
HW |
24RTL |
25RTL/6B |
24RTL/3B |
V |
7RT |
11RT |
-- |
V allocation converted from RTL to RT. Sunday V allocation withdrawn for summer months to make more resources available to the busy 65 service.
| 22.10.52 |
HW |
24RT |
34RT |
15RT |
V |
7RT |
11RT |
6RT |
This pattern of allocation changes continued until May 1955 when the V Sunday allocation was withdrawn in the Summer and re-introduced for the Winter until re-introduction in November 1958.
| 04.05.55 |
HW |
24RT |
31RT |
25RT |
V |
7RT |
8RT |
-- |
HAYES Bourne Avenue - Grove Park Hotel (Monday-Saturday) or Burlington Lane, CHISWICK Edensor Road.
Extended in Hayes beyond the Station via Station Road and Dawley Road to Bourne Avenue.
This replaced the 140 journeys which were diverted to London Airport Central.
| 26.11.58 |
HW |
22RT |
33RT |
13RT |
V |
7RT |
8RT |
4RT |
Sunday V allocation re-introduced for the winter months.
| 13.05.59 |
HW |
22RT |
33RT |
22RT |
V |
7RT |
8RT |
-- |
The withdrawal of V from the Summer Sunday schedules continued until 1965.
| 18.11.64 |
HW |
22RT |
26RT |
11RT |
V |
8RT |
8RT |
3RT |
Sunday V allocation re-introduced on a permanent basis until withdrawal,
|
| 03.10.65 |
HW |
22RM |
19RM |
11RM |
V |
5RM |
5RM/10RT |
3RM |
HW allocation replaced by HL. This was part of a series of changes introduced on this day. HW needed the space because the 92 & 105 allocation were increased, the 120 was extended to Greenford and the HL share of the 97 moved from HL to HW, and new route 195 introduced. The 55 filled the gap at HL left by the 97 and the 255 which transferred to Riverside.
|
30.11.68
Route withdrawn west of Greenford and renumbered
E3. The Greenford to Hayes section covered by new 274 Ealing
Broadway & Hayes. The Grove Park leg at Chiswick was withdrawn without
replacement because the new MBS vehicles allocated to the E3 were too long
to negogiate the turn outside the Grove Park Hotel.
HL
Hanwell 1965-1968
Crew changeovers at HANWELL Church Road.
HW
Southall 1950-1965
Crew changeovers at GREENFORD BROADWAY or GREENFORD
Red Lion stand.
Garage journeys left line of route at Greenford and observed service
92 stops to garage, display to read SOUTHALL GARAGE via Greenford Road
or left line of route at Hanwell and observed service
207 stops to garage.
V
Turnham Green 1950-1968
Crew changeovers at TURNHAM GREEN Crown &
Anchor. Garage on line of route.
Personal
Comment !
As a child I nicknamed this service "The weaver" because
it did exactly that on the Uxbridge Road between Acton & Hayes Grapes.
Because of this I suspect the majority of passengers would have been rabbits
(short hop riders). Although the RML type was introduced to Hanwell Garage
in 1967 I dont think they were ever allocated to the 55 even as a strange
visitor.
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