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21.02.51
AV
3STL
3STL
3STL

HANWORTH Duke of York, Powder Mill Lane, Percy Road, Hall Road, Worton Road, Bridge Road, Hounslow High Street, HOUNSLOW CENTRAL STN
NEW ROUTE

02.05.51
AV
3STL
3STL
3RT

Sunday service converted to RT operation

25.07.51
AV
7STL
6STL
4RT

TWICKENHAM STN, Staines Road, Hospital Bridge Road, Percy Road, Hall Road, Worton Road, Bridge Road, HOUNSLOW CENTRAL STN (Suns) or Hounslow West, Great South West Road, HATTON CROSS (MS)
Service revised as above.

22.10.52
AV
6STL
6STL
2RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Suns) - HATTON CROSS (MS)
Sunday service withdrawn between Hounslow Garage and Hounslow Central Station.

03.12.52
AV
7STL
6STL
2RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Suns) - HATTON CROSS (MF/Sat am) - Great South West Road, Stanwell Road, BEDFONT GREEN (MF peaks/Sat pm)
MF peaks/Sat pm journeys extended from Hatton Cross to Bedfont Green

STL751 at the Twickenham stand - Image donated by Leslie Fenn but photographer unknown
19.05.54
AV
7RT
7RT
2RT

STL's replaced by RT type.

06.10.54
AV
7RT
7RT
--

TWICKENHAM STN - HATTON CROSS (MF/Sat am) - BEDFONT GREEN (MF peaks/Sat journeys)
Sunday service withdrawn.

04.05.55
AV
8RT
7RT
--

TWICKENHAM STN - HATTON CROSS (MF/Sat evgs) - BEDFONT GREEN (Sat journeys) - Staines Road, STAINES Bridge Street (MF Peaks)
MF peaks extended from Bedfont Green to Staines.

27.06.56
AV
11RT
8RT
1RT

TWICKENHAM STN (MS) Whitton, Hounslow, Great South West Road, Hatton Cross, Great South West Rd, Stanwell Rd, Bedfont Rd, STANWELL War Memorial (Suns) Town Lane, Staines Road, STAINES Bridge Street
Diverted at Bedfont to run via Stanwell Rd, Bedfont Rd, Stanwell, Town Lane, Satines Road to STAINES Bridge Street.
Sunday service introduced between Stanwell and Staines. This diversion replaced existing Route 162 which ran between Staines and Stanwell.

25.11.59
AV
12RT#
7RT
1RT

Route 203A introduced which was jointly allocated with Route 203. This was most unusual especially as Hounslow (AV) was famed for being militant.

04.07.65
AV
12RT#
7RT
1RFo

Sunday service converted to One Person Operation. The drivers would have been used from the 237 rota which was one man operated from January 1965.

31.12.66
AV
10RT#
5RT
--
FW
--
--
2RFo

Sunday allocation transferred to Fulwell (FW).
Garage journeys worked via 116 and 285.

RT434 seen in Whitton
19.07.69
AV
10RT#
5RT
--

TWICKENHAM - STAINES (MS)
Sunday service withdrawn thus FW withdrawn.

26.09.70
AV
6RT#
6RT
--

STAINES - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (MF) - RICHMOND Dee Road (Sats)
MF withdrawn between Hounslow and Twickenham, replaced by new 202 but Saturday extended from Twickenham to Richmond.

11.03.72
AV
6SMS#
4SMS#
--

HOUNSLOW - STAINES (MF peaks/Sat shopping hours)
Converted to single deck OPO operation. Service reduced to MF peaks and Sat shop hours, at other times ran as 203A.

19.07.75
AV
6SMS#
4SMS#
--

Diverted via Hatton Cross Station

20.08.76
AV
6LS
4LS
--

HOUNSLOW - STAINES (MS) or ASHFORD STN (MF peaks) - ASHFORD Town Tree Road (MF pm school jnys)
Converted to Leyland National operation, and 203A number discontinued

28.01.78
AV
5LS
5LS
--

BRENTFORD County Court, Isleworth, Hounslow, Hounslow West, Hatton Cross, Bedfont, Stanwell Road, Bedfont Road, Clare Road , Ashford Hospital, STAINES (MS)
Extended from Hounslow to Brentford via 117.
Ashford peak journeys withdrawn.

29.01.83
AV
LS#
LS#
--

Joint compilation with 116 introduced.

09.08.86
WK
LS#
LS#
--

Route transferred to Westlink, Hounslow Heath

LS157 rests at Hounslow West Station
10.08.91
LB
5midi
5midi
--

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES (Mon-Sat)
Operated by London Buslines jointly with Route 201.
Withdrawn between Hounslow and Brentford

27.11.93
LB
5midi
5midi
--

Service increased to compensate for the withdrawal of Route 201.

01.06.96
LB
sd
sd
--

Re-routed via Ashford Hospital grounds (southbound)

Dart 606 Hatton Cross 630 at Hounslow West Station 638 Hatton Cross Station
31.08.96
LB
6dart
6dart
3dart

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES
Sunday service introduced.

Red DM128 substitutes for a Buslines Dart, note the makeshift destination board
01.09.02
TF
6dart
6dart
3dart

New contract awarded to Tellings Golden Miller based at Twickenham (TF)


TGM414 seen at Hatton X
02.09.06
AV
6DP
6DP
4DP

New contract awarded to "Transdev" - London United operating from the Hounslow Garage.

DPS 567 at Hatton Cross Station with the unhelpful blind

203 Current Timetable

AV Hounslow
Changeover point garage

FW Fulwell
Changeover point garage

HH Hounslow Heath
The changeover point was the second stop towards Staines bus station along the Great South West Road and taxis were provided to get back to Hounslow Heath Garage.

LBL Southall
Changeover point Hounslow Bus Stations

TF Twickenham (TGM)
Changeover point is Ashford Hospital and Cars are provided to get to T-GM,s Fulwell Garage.

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