Thornton Heath started life as a bus garage on the 8th April 1951 being used for tram replacement routes 109 and 190. Access to the garage is via Whitehall Road. The RT type was the mainstay of the garage, not being withdrawn until 1976.
Routes operated:
2B Baker Street & Crystal Palace 50 Streatham & Old Coulsdon 64 Addington & Tooting 59 West Hampstead & Chipstead Valley 59 Farringdon Street & Chipstead Valley 60 Clapham Common & Croydon 68 Chalk Farm & South Croydon 109 Purley & Embankment 115 Wallington & Whyteleafe 115A Wallington & Purley 115B Wallington & Selsdon 130 New Addington & Streatham 130A Thornton Heath & New Addington 154 Morden & Crystal Palace 157 Raynes Park & Crystal Palace 159 Marble Arch & Streatham Station 190 Thornnton Heath & Old Coulsdon 194B Thornnton Heath & Shrublands 197A Norwood Junction & Thornton Heath 249 Crystal Palace & Tooting Bec 264 Tooting & South Croydon 289 Elmers End & Purley 312 Peckham & South Croydon N78 Trafalgar Square & New Addington
