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| 17.10.51 |
RD |
2STL |
2STL |
-- |
HORNCHURCH
STATION, Station
Lane, Hornchurch, Butts Green Road, Ardleigh Green Road, Squirrels Heath Road,
Gubbins Lane, Harold Wood Station, Station Road, Avenue Road, Main Road, Gooshays
Drive, HAROLD HILL Gooshays Drive (MS)
NEW
ROUTE
| 28.10.53 |
RD |
2STL |
2STL |
-- |
HORNCHURCH
STATION,
- Gooshays Drive, North
Hill Drive , Whitchurch Road, NOAK HILL Tees Drive (MS)
Extended from Harold Hill to Noak Hill
| 19.05.54 |
RD |
4RT |
3RT |
-- |
HORNCHURCH
STATION,
- Gooshays Drive, North
Hill Drive , Whitchurch Road, NOAK HILL Tees Drive (MS) or
North Hill Drive, Noak Hill Road, Straight Road, Main Road, Upper Brentwood
Road, Station Road, GIDEA PARK STATION (MF peaks/ Sat 1200
-1400)
MFpeaks and Sat jnys extended from Noak Hill to Gidea
Park Station. STL replaced by RT.
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| 18.07.70 |
RD |
6RT |
2RT |
-- |
HORNCHURCH
STATION,
- NOAK HILL
Tees Drive (MS) - GIDEA PARK STATION (MF peaks)
Saturday withdrawn between Noak
Hill and Gidea Park Station.
| 18.11.72 |
RD |
6DMS |
3DMS |
-- |
Converted to double deck OPO.
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| 04.12.78 |
RD |
5T |
3T |
-- |
DMS type replaced by Titans.
| 25.07.81 |
RD |
5LS |
3LS |
-- |
Converted to single deck Leyland National.
| 28.11.81 |
RD |
8LS |
6LS |
-- |
UPMINSTER
PARK ESTATE Waycross Road, Front
Lane, St Mary's Road, (double run via Station Road) Upminster Station, St
Mary's Lane, Upminster Bridge Stn, Hornchurch, then as before to HAROLD
HILL Gooshays Drive (MS)
MF peaks journeys ran from Hornchurch Station to Harold Hill.
Sat shopping
hours service operated between Hornchurch Garage and Upminster Park Estate
Withdrawn between Harold Hill and Noak Hill / Gidea
Park Station, this section replaced by 247A
| 04.09.82 |
RD |
LS
ex 244 |
LS
ex 244 |
LS
ex 244 |
| 21.06.86 |
RD |
8LS# |
3LS |
2LS |
UPMINSTER
PARK ESTATE Waycross Road, -
HAROLD
WOOD STATION (MS evgs/Sun afts) - HAROLD HILL Gooshays
Drive (MS except evgs)
MF evgs withdrawn between
Harold Wood Station and
Harold
Hill.
| 15.08.87 |
RD |
8LS# |
3LS |
2LS |
UPMINSTER
PARK ESTATE - HAROLD
WOOD STATION (MS
evgs/Sun afts) - HAROLD HILL Gooshays Drive (MS
except evgs) - HAROLD HILL LOOP (MF
peaks)
Buses starting from Harold Hill ( Gooshays Drive )
rerouted during MF am peaks via
North Hill Drive, Noak Hill Road, Straight Road and Hilldene Avenue.
Buses terminating in the pm peak
did the same loop before terminating at the Gooshays Drive roundabout.
| 24.09.88 |
EB |
sd |
sd |
sd |
HAROLD
HILL LOOP, Gooshays
Drive, Harold Wood Station, Hornchurch, Upminster Station, Corbets Tey Road,
CORBETS TEY Huntsman and Hounds (MF peaks) or school journeys
via St Mary's Lane, Front Lane to CRANHAM Moor Lane
Operated by Ensignbus
Withdrawn between Upminster and Upminster
Eark Estate and diverted to Corbets Tey with some journeys to Cranham, withdrawn
outide MF peaks and all day Saturday.
Withdrawn section between Hornchurch and Harold Hill replaced by new 256.
| 09.09.92 |
EB |
sd |
sd |
sd |
EASTERN AVENUE Mawney Road (MF jny each peak) , Collier Row, Chase Cross, Noak Hill, HAROLD HILL LOOP, - CORBETS TEY Huntsman and Hounds (MF peaks) or school journeys via St Mary's Lane, Front Lane to CRANHAM Moor Lane
| 24.10.92 |
CC |
sd |
sd |
sd |
EASTERN
AVENUE Mawney Road (MF jny each peak) - HAROLD
HILL LOOP - CRANHAM Moor Lane
(MF peaks)
Withdrawn between Upminster and Corbets Tey
| 09.11.92 |
CC |
sd |
sd |
sd |
EASTERN
AVENUE Mawney Road (MF jny each peak) - HAROLD
HILL LOOP, -
CORBETS TEY (MF peaks) or school journeys via St Mary's
Lane, Front Lane to CRANHAM Moor Lane
Corbets Tey journeys reinstated.
27.09.96
Last
day of operation.

RD
Hornchurch
Changeover point Hornchurch Town Centre ?
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