Route 170

01.10.50

29RT

20RT

12RT

WANDSWORTH Armoury Way, Battersea, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Albert Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Arundel Street, Aldwych, Bloomsbury, Old Street, Shoreditch, Hackney Road, HACKNEY Well Street
REPLACEMENT FOR TRAM #31

10.01.51

29RTL

16RTL

12RTL

RT type replaced by RTL.

22.10.52

29RTL

15RTL

9RTL

WANDSWORTH - CLERKENWELL GREEN (Suns) - HACKNEY (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service withdrawn between Clerkenwell Green and Hackney

07.10.53

29RTL

15RTL

WANDSWORTH - HACKNEY (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service withdrawn.

26.11.58	Q	--	8RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

Saturday WD allocation transferred to Camberwell (Q)

15.04.59	CT	28RTL	7RTL	4RTL
	WD	19RTL	9RTL	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Sat) - BLOOMSBURY (Suns) - Hackney, Clapton, Lea Bridge Road, LEYTON GREEN (Mon-Sat) - LEYTON Downsell Road (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat afternoons)
Mon-Sat extended from Hackney to Leyton Green and further extended Mon-Fri peaks and Sat pm to Downsell Road.
Sunday service re-introduced between Bloomsbury and Leyton Green.
Saturday only Q allocation withdrawn in favour of WD.
These changes were associated with Stage 2 of the trolleybus conversion.program.

14.10.59	CT	29RTL	9RTL	4RTL
	Q	--	7RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

Saturday only Q allocation re-introduced at the expense of WD allocation.

01.05.60	CT	29RTL	9RTL	--
	Q	--	7RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH - LEYTON GREEN (Mon-Sat) - LEYTON Downsell Rd (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat afts)
Sunday service extended from Leyton to Loughton and renumbered 170A. for summer months.

12.10.60	CT	28RTL	9RTL	4RTL
	Q	--	7RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Sat) - BLOOMSBURY (Suns) - LEYTON GREEN - LEYTON Downsell Road (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat afts)
Sunday service re-introduced between Bloomsbury and Leyton Green.

11.05.61	CT	28RTL	9RTL	--
	Q	--	7RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH - LEYTON GREEN (Mon-Sat) - LEYTON Downsell Rd (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat afts)
Sunday service extended from Leyton to Loughton and renumbered 170A. for summer months.

11.10.61	CT	28RTL	9RTL	2RTL/38A
	Q	--	7RTL	--
	WD	19RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Sat) - BLOOMSBURY Red Lion Square (Sun early am) - LEYTON GREEN - LEYTON Downsell Road (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat afts)
Restricted Sunday service re-introduced between Bloomsbury and Leyton Green.

29.01.64	CT	11RTL	--	2RTL/38A
	WD	19RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Fri) - BLOOMSBURY (Sun early am) - LEYTON GREEN - LEYTON Downsell Road (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday service withdrawn, thus Camberwell (Q) allocation withdrawn. Partly replaced by new 253A Finsbury Park to Bloomsbury.

31.12.66	CT	17RTL	--	2RTL/38A
	WD	11RTL	--	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Fri) - BLOOMSBURY (Sun early am) - HACKNEY STATION (Mon-Fri) - LEYTON GREEN (Sun early am) - LEYTON Downsell Rd (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Hackney Station and Leyton Green although peak journeys to Downsell Road were retained.

01.09.67	CT	17RT	--	2RT/38A
	WD	11RT	--	--

RTL replaced by RT type.

23.03.68	CT	20RT	5RT	2RT/38A
	WD	11RT	--	--

WANDSWORTH (Mon-Fri) - BLOOMSBURY (Sat/Sun early am) - HACKNEY STATION (Mon-Sat) - LEYTON GREEN (Sun early am) - LEYTON Downsell Road (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday service re-introduced between Bloomsbury and Hackney to replace withdrawn service 253A.

07.09.68	CT	20RT	5RT	2RT/277
	WD	12RT	--	--

Sunday service derived now from 277 allocation as 38A withdrawn on this day.

25.10.69

13RT

WANDSWORTH - BLOOMSBURY (Mon-Fri except evenings) - SHOREDITCH CHURCH (Mon-Fri peaks)
Withdrawn between Bloomsbury and Leyton except for peak journeys to Shoreditch Church. Mainly replaced by new 55.
Weekend and evening service also withdrawn. CT allocation withdrawn.

24.07.71

11DMS

WANDSWORTH Armoury Way, Westminster Bridge, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, ALDWYCH (Mon-Fri) - Kingsway, Holborn, EUSTON STN (Mon-Fri peaks)
Converted to One Person Operation.
Withdrawn between Westminster and Shoreditch via Victoria Embankment but diverted instead via Whitehall and Strand to ALDWYCH and further extended via service 68 to Euston at peak times.

28.04.81	SW	--	7DMS	--
	WD	17DMS	--	--

ROEHAMPTON Danebury Avenue, Putney Heath, West Hill, Wandsworth, East Hill, CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Mon-Fri evenings/Sats) - Falcon Road, Battersea, Nine Elms, VAUXHALL STATION (Sat shop hrs) - ALDWYCH (Mon-Fri except evenings) - EUSTON STATION (Mon-Fri peaks)
Re-routed between Wandsworth and Battersea via East Hill and Falcon Road.
Extended from Wandsworth to Roehampton via withdrawn 168 to Putney Heath and then former 85A to Danebury Avenue.
Mon-Fri evening service introduced between Roehampton and Clapham Junction and a Saturday shopping service between Roehampton and Vauxhall worked by a new Stockwell (SW) allocation.

The picture of DMS1443 could have been used for a tourist postcard as it depicts parliament, Big Ben and of course the famous London Red Bus

04.09.82

12DMS

9DMS

ROEHAMPTON (Mon-Sat) - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Sats) - VAUXHALL (Sat shop hrs) - ALDWYCH (Mon-Fri)
Mon-Fri peak service from Aldwych to Euston withdrawn. Mon-Fri evening service extended from Clapham Junction to Aldwych.
Mon-Fri WD allocation transferred to Stockwell (SW).

During 1984 comparative testing was carried out on this route using Leyland Olympians (L) Volvo Ailsa (V) Dennis Dominator (H) Metrobus Mk !! (M) plus rogue appearances from Leyland National Mk11's intended for service P4.

26.03.88

10D

ROEHAMPTON (Mon-Sat) - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Sats) - VAUXHALL (Mon-Fri evenings /Sat shopping hours) - ALDWYCH (Mon-Fri except evenings)
Mon-Fri evening service withdrawn between Vauxhall and Aldwych.