160 Faretable dated 10-81

26.10.49
TL
8RT
13RT
11RT

CATFORD St Dunstan's College, Rushy Green, Brownhill Road, St Mildred's Road, Westhorne Avenue, Middle Park Avenue, Kingsground, Eltham Hill, Eltham High Street, Westmount Road, Rochester Way, Welling Way, Bellegrove Road, Welling High St, WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick

08.05.63
TL
9RT
9RT
--

CATFORD - WELLING (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

RT 4456 seen at the Welling stand - M G Webber
24.01.70
TL
10SM
8SM
--

Converted to single deck one person operation.

27.06.76
TL
10SMD
8SMD
--

Type change

28.01.78
TL
10DMS
8DMS
--

Converted to double deck operation.

22.04.78
TL
7DMS
7DMS
3DMS

CATFORD St Dunstan's College (Mon-Sat) or CATFORD GARAGE (Suns) - WELLING
Sunday service re-introduced. This was part of Busplan 1, an excercise in standardising routes and withdrawing suffix letters

04.09.82
TL
7DMS
5DMS
--

CATFORD - WELLING (MS)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

DMS1884 off duty in the sidecourt of Catford Garage - P Davis
25.07.83
TL
7T
5T
--

Converted from Daimler Fleetline to Leyland Titan.

02.11.85
TL
7T
7T
2T

CATFORD, Middle Park, Eltham, Eltham Park, Hook Lane, Welling, Bexleyheath, BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Sunday service re-introduced and extended from Welling to Bexleyheath.

T860 at Eltham Green - M McDonald
03.02.87
TL
7LS
7LS
2LS

Converted to single deck Leyland National.

08.07.89
TL
5SR
4SR
3SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent -; Falconwood, Westwood Lane, WELLING CORNER (MF pm school journeys)

29.07.89
TL
5SR
4SR
##11SR

Sunday joint allocation with 108b,180,273,L1

03.02.90
TL
5SR
4SR
##MW

Sunday buses ex 124

01.09.90
TL
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
School journeys to Welling withdrawn.

24.04.93
TL
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
2SR/MW

Sunday allocation now confined to 160.

DW63 seen at the Catford stand
02.03.94
TL
4LA
4LA
3MW

LA type introduced.

LA9 at Eltham
19.08.95
TL
4L
4L
3sd

Converted from single deck LA to double deck Olympian.

L81 seen at Eltham
15.09.96
TL
9DAL
8DAL
4DAL

CATFORD - Eltham, New Eltham, Southwood Road, Green Lane, Chislehurst, Perry Street, Queen Mary's Hospital, SIDCUP STATION
Extended from Eltham to Sidcup via Chislehurst replacing part of withdrawn 228.
Olympians replaced by Alexandra Dash Darts.

SLD69 seen in Eltham en route to a new destination for Route 160 M Wharmby Dennis Dart - Alexandra Dash (618) seen at Eltham - Malcolm McDonald
29.07.00
TL
10T/VN
9T/VN
4T/VN

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Withdrawn between Rushey Green and St Dunstan's College in Catford. Converted from single deck to double deck operation.

VN19 at Chislehurst - M Wharmby
09.02.02
TL
11TAS
9TAS
6TAS

Converted to low floor operation.

TAS469 at the Sidcup stand before the "17" took the place of TAS
16.09.06
DT
dd
dd
dd

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Rerouted between ST Mildred's Road and Catford town Centre via Verdant Lane, Sandhurst Road and Sangley Road instead of direct via Brownhill Road.
New contract awarded to ARRIVA KENT THAMESIDE operated from Dartford Garage

Arriva 6238 on route 160 Centre Common Road, Chislehurst. - photo by John King

TL Catford
Changeover point St Dunstan's College

DT Dartford
Changeover point probably Sidcup Station ?

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