6 July 1952	AW	20RTL	20RTL	8RTL
	NX (PM	31RT	26RT	10RT

ABBEY WOOD, Plumstead, Woolwich, Greenwich, New Cross, Old Kent Road, Elephant, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (daily) or Blackfriars (MS)
Tram Replacement Route for Tram 36/38.
The New Cross allocation was staffed by New Cross crews but vehicles were garaged at Peckham until work was finished at New Cross.

22 October 1952	AW	20RTL	20RTL	7RTL
	NX	23RT	26RT	10RT
	NX (PM)	12RT	--	--

Most of the New Cross allocation transferred to home garage.

12 November 1952	AW	20RTL	20RTL	7RTL
	NX	39RT	26RT	10RT

Peckham Garage no longer used.

12 November 1952	AW	20RT	20RT	5RT
	NX	39RT	26RT	11RT

Abbey Wood allocation converted to RT.

29 January 1964	AW	11RT	5RT	7RT
	NX	23RT	24RT	5RT

ABBEY WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat pm) - EMBANKMENT (MF/Sat am/Sun)
Saturday pm service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment.

18 November 1964	AW	11RT	5RT	5RT
	NX	23RT	21RT	4RT

ABBEY WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat pm/Sun) - EMBANKMENT (MF/Sat am)
Sunday service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment.

11 November 1967	AW	11RT	6RT	6RT
	NX	19RT	19RT	4RT

ABBEY WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat/Sun) - EMBANKMENT (MF/Sat early am)
Saturday service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment except for early journeys for print workers.

22 March 1969	AW	11RT	5RT	8RM
	NX	18RT	16RT	4RM

Sunday Routemaster operation introduced.

30 January 1971	AW	8RT	5RT	8RM
	NX	16RT	16RM	4RM

ABBEY WOOD - ELEPHANT & CASTLE - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (Daily early jnys)
Daily service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment except for early journeys.
Saturday Routemasters introduced at NX.

8 January 1972	AW	6DMS	6DMS	4DMS
	NX	14DMS	14DMS	8DMS

Converted to One Person Operation

6 January 1973	AW	7DMS	7DMS	3DMS
	NX	14DMS	14DMS	7DMS

THAMESMEAD Yarnton Way - ELEPHANT - EMBANKMENT (early jnys)
Extended from Abbey Wood to Thamesmead. (MS the Thamesmead section was localised to Woolwich)

17 November 1973	AW	7DMS	7DMS	3DMS
	NX	15DMS	14DMS	7DMS

THAMESMEAD Ailsike Road - ELEPHANT - EMBANKMENT (early jnys)
Extended in Thamesmead to Alsike Road.

22 April 1978	AW	6DMS	6DMS	4DMS
	NX	12DMS	12DMS	7DMS

THAMESMEAD - ELEPHANT - Westminster Bridge, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Aldwych, Fleet Street, Blackfriars, and return (early journeys)
Embankment journeys re-routed at Westminster via Whitehall and Fleet Street.

27 September 1980	AW	3DMS	3DMS	2DMS
	NX	12DMS	12DMS	7DMS

ABBEY WOOD - Elephant, WATERLOO - or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Thamesmead section renumbered 178, and extended from Elephant to Waterloo via Waterloo Road.

31 January 1981	AW	3MD	3MD	2MD
	NX	12DMS	13DMS	7DMS

Abbey Wood allocation converted to MD.

31 October 1981	NX	12DMS	13DMS	7DMS
	PD	3MD	3MD	2MD

Abbey Wood (AW) closes, allocation transferred to new Plumstead Garage (PD)

4 September 1982	NX	4DMS	4DMS	--
	PD	8MD	8MD	8MD

ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO -or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Withdrawn between Woolwich Arsenal Station and Abbey Wood except for garage journeys to PD and early journeys to Abbey Wood.
Sunday NX allocation withdrawn.

22 November 1982	NX	4DMS	4DMS	--
	PD	8T	8T	8T

Commencement of gradual MD withdrawal and Titan introduction.

29 October 1983	NX	4DMS	4DMS	--
	PD	8T	8T	8T

ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD Bentham Road North,, Plumstead, Woolwich, - NON STOP via 177 to Elephant, Blackfriars, Fleet Street, Aldwych, Whitehall, Westminster, COUNTY HALL ( MF am peak. -> & pm <pm peak jny)
MF peak express journeys introduced as above.

18 November 1983	NX	4T	4T	--
	PD	8T	8T	8T

Commencement of gradual DMS withdrawal and Titan introduction at New Cross (NX)

2 June 1984	NX	4T	4T	--
	PD	8T	8T	8T

THAMESMEAD Bentham Road (MF early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD Bentham Road North,, Plumstead, Woolwich, - NON STOP via 177 to Elephant, Blackfriars, Fleet Street, Aldwych, Whitehall, Westminster, COUNTY HALL ( MF am peak. -> & pm <pm peak jny)
One MF early journey extended from Abbey Wood to Thamesmead

27 October 1984	NX	4T	4T	--
	PD	10T	8T	7T

THAMESMEAD Bentham Road (MF early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - WATERLOO -or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant(early jnys)
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD Bentham Road North,, Plumstead, Woolwich, - NON STOP via 177 to Elephant, Blackfriars, Fleet Street, Aldwych, Whitehall, Westminster, COUNTY HALL ( MF am peak. -> & pm <pm peak jny)
Regular service extended to Plumstead Garage instead of just garage journeys.

27 April 1985	NX	4T	4T	--
	PD	9T	8T	7T

THAMESMEAD Bentham Road (MF early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - WATERLOO -or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD Bentham Road North,, Plumstead, Woolwich, - NON STOP via 177 to Elephant, Blackfriars, Fleet Street, Aldwych, Whitehall, Westminster, COUNTY HALL or VICTORIA MF am peak. -> & pm <pm peak jny)
Certain MF express journeys re-routed at Westminster via Route 11 to Victoria.

3 August 1985	NX	12T	9T	--
	PD	4T	--	6T

ABBEY WOOD (early jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE (Sat/Sun)-WOOLWICH (MF) WATERLOO - or early journeys via Westminster, Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD Bentham Road North,, Plumstead, Woolwich, - NON STOP via 177 to Elephant, Blackfriars, Fleet Street, Aldwych, Whitehall, Westminster, VICTORIA MF am peak. -> & pm <pm peak jny)
MF express journeys to County Hall withdrawn.
PD withdrawn on Saturday and restricted to Express journeys only MF plus against the flow 177 journeys.
Thamesmead journey withdrawn.
MF withdrawn between Woolwich and Plumstead apart fromearly journeys to Abbey Wood and garage journeys.

16 January 1988	PD	12L/T	10L/T	6L/T
EXPRESS	PD	4L	--	--

PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD - VICTORIA M-Fri a.m. -> & p.m. <- pk jnys
Extended from Woolwich to Plumstead. Withdrawn between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo. Early journeys via Fleet Street withdrawn.
NX allocation withdrawn.

20 April 1988	PD	12L/T	10L/T	6L/T
EXPRESS	PD	3L	--	--

The against the flow express journeys were used for a new 400 service linking Central London with Greenwich.

18 November 1989	PD	8dd	10dd	7dd
EXPRESS	PD	3L	--	--

PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - NEW CROSS GARAGE (evgs,Sat early am, Sun before 1130) - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD - VICTORIA M-Fri a.m. -> & p.m. <- pk jnys

2 January 1993

PD

7dd

10dd

7dd

PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - NEW CROSS GARAGE (evgs,Sat early am, Sun before 1130) - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
EXPRESS SERVICE withdrawn.

12 March 1994

PD

6dd

9dd

7dd

PLUMSTEAD GARAGE, Woolwich, Greenwich, New Cross, PECKHAM
Withdrawn between New Cross and Elephant & Castle, diverted instead to Peckham.

2 March 1996

PD

14sd

14sd

13sd

PECKHAM Bus Station -Plumstead High Street, Church Manorway, Blithdale road, Basildon Road, Eynsham Drive, Finchale Road, Church Manorway, Sewell Road, Thammesmead, Yarnton Way, Alsike Road, ABBEY WOOD STATION
Extended from Plumstead to Abbey Wood BR Station via withdrawn section of Route 380 and converted to single deck operation.

23 January 1999

PD

14dd

14dd

13dd

PECKHAM - THAMESMEAD Safeway Superstore
Rerouted at Plumstead High Street via Basildon Road, Eynsham Drive, Harrow Manorway, Crossway, to THAMESMEAD Safeway Superstore. Withdrawn section replced by revised 469
Converted to double deck operation, usually VN type

NX New Cross
Changeover point outside garage

AW Abbey Wood
Changeover point outside garage

PD Plumstead
Changeover point outside garage

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