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| 05.05.48 |
T |
3LT |
3LT |
3LT |
LOUGHTON STATION, Buckhurst Hill High Road, Palmerston Road, Roding Lane, Chigwell Rise, Chigwell Road, Station Road, Hainult Road, Fenpiece Road, BARKINGSIDE Old Maypole
| 26.10.49 |
T |
3STD |
3STD |
3RT |
Type change
| 03.05.50 |
T |
3STD |
3STD |
3STD |
Sunday service reverted to STD
| 11.10.50 |
L |
5STD |
5STD |
5STD |
LOUGHTON
GARAGE, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Barkingside, Gants Hill, ILFORD
Extended in Loughton to the Garage and from Gants
Hill to Ilford.
Leyton (T) allocation transferred to Loughton (L)
| 17.10.51 |
L |
6STD |
6STD |
6STD |
DEBDEN
Chester Road, Loughton, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Barkingside, Gants Hill,
ILFORD STATION
Extended from Loughton Garage to Debden Estate
| 19.05.54 |
L |
6STD |
6STD |
6STD |
DEBDEN
BROADWAY, Willingale Road, Chester Road, Pyrles lane, Goldings Hill, Loughton,
- ILFORD STATION
Extended from Debden Estate
to Debden Broadway.
| 16.03.55 |
L |
6RT |
6RT |
6RT |
STD type replaced by RT.
| 03.07.71 |
L |
9SMS |
7SMS |
4SMS |
Converted to single deck one person operation.
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| 12.09.76 |
L |
9DMS |
7DMS |
4DMS |
Converted to double deck operation.
| 31.03.79 |
L |
7DMS |
6DMS |
3DMS |
DEBDEN
STATION ,Rectory Lane, Loughton, Loughton Station, Loughton, Buckhurst
Hill, Chigwell, Barkingside, Gants Hill, ILFORD STATION
SDO jnys DEBDEN STATION - WEST HATCH SCHOOL
Revised to double run via Loughton Station and SDO
journeys introduced to West Hatch School
from Debden
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| 28.01.82 |
L |
7T |
4T |
3T |
Converted to Leyland Titan operation.
| 04.09.82 |
L |
5LS |
5LS |
2LS |
LOUGHTON
STATION, Oakwood Hill, Debden Lane, Church Hill, Loughton Station, Loughton
Way, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Barkingside, Gants Hill, ILFORD STATION
Rerouted between Buckhurst Hill and Loughton Station
via Loughton Way, Valley Hill, Roding Road, Station Road, Loughton High Road,
Rectory Lane, Debden Station, Oakwood Hill, and Roding Road thus terminating
at Loughton Station instead of Debden Station.
Converted to single deck operation with Leyland Nationals.
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| 24.05.86 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
Operation transferred to Eastern National from a depot in Walthamstow, and Loughton Garage closed.
| 14.08.88 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
DEBDEN
STATION, Debden, Chester Road, Pyrles Lane, Rectory Lane, Church Hill,
Loughton Station, Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell Station, Grange Hill,
Barkingside, Gants Hill, ILFORD STATION
Rerouted in Debden via Debden Estate
| 31.10.88 |
EN |
sd |
sd |
sd |
One MF am peak journey revised to start from Woodford Green - Debden
| 29.07.90 |
TW |
sd |
sd |
sd |
Operation transferred to Thamesway
| 07.03.92 |
DX |
5sd |
5sd |
3sd |
Operation transferred to Grey Green, operated from Barking Depot
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| 08.03.97 |
DX |
8SLF |
7SLF |
3SLF |
Start of new contract with low floor buses.
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| 09.03.02 |
D |
10SLF |
10SLF |
5SLF |
Contract assigned to Docklands Buses operated from a base in Silvertown.
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L Loughton
Changeover point outside garage
DX Barking
Changeover point Ilford
T Leyton
Changeover point ?
DB Silvertown
Changeover
point is Ilford hainult Street , we have 11 of the dart/nimbus combo buses
but only use 10 a day numbered D1 thru to D10 , with 21 M to F duties using
10 buses 20 Saturday duties using 10 buses and 10 sunday duties using 4 buses
.
W e use either a de licensed black taxi or a peugeot 205 and some times a
dark metalic blue transit van plastered in docklands minibus logo.
Thanks to Graham, a driver at Docklands for this information.
Page modified Wednesday, January 3, 2007