Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
at 03.10.34	J	15ST	14ST	13ST
	P	--	--	13ST

HENDON CENTRAL STATION   -  Hendon Garage  -  Finchley Lane  -  Finchley Central  -  East Finchley  -  Highgate  -  Archway  -  Holloway Road  -  Highbury Corner  -  Upper Street  -  Angel  -  City Road  -  Moorgate  -  Bank  -  Monument  -  LONDON BRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )  -  Borough  -  Elephant & Castle  -  Kennington  -  Brixton  -  Streatham  -  Norbury  -  Melfort Road  -  Thornton Heath  - Whitehorse Road  -  West Croydon  -  Croydon  - SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf ( Suns ) 

17.04.35	J	15ST	14ST	20ST
	AK	--	--	14ST

HENDON CENTRAL  -  LONDON BRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Suns )
Sunday Old Kent Road (P) allocation withdrawn in favour of Streatham (AK)

02.10.35	J	15ST	14ST	13ST
	P	--	--	13ST

HENDON CENTRAL  -  LONDON BRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Suns )
Sunday Old Kent Road (P) allocation reinstated - Streatham (AK) withdrawn

08.04.36	J	11ST	11ST	20ST
	AK	--	--	14ST

HENDON CENTRAL  -  LONDON BRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Suns )
Sunday Old Kent Road (P) allocation withdrawn in favour of Streatham (AK)

15.11.39	J	10STL	10STL	13STL
	AK	--	--	13ST

HENDON CENTRAL (Daily )  -  LONDON BRIDGE  ( Mon-Sat )  -  STREATHAM COMMON  ( Sun evenings )  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Sun except evenings )
Sunday evenings withdrawn between Streatham Common and South Croydon

13.12.39	J	8STL	8STL	11STL
	AK	--	--	11STL

HENDON CENTRAL (Daily )  - HOLLOWAY GARAGE  ( Mon-Sat )  -  STREATHAM COMMON  ( Sun evenings )  -  SOUTH CROYDON ( Sun except evenings )
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Holloway Garage and London Bridge

07.02.40	J	8STL	8STL	11STL
	AK	--	--	11STL

HENDON CENTRAL (Daily )  - ARCHWAY  ( Mon-Sat )  - SOUTH CROYDON ( Suns )
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Archway and Holloway Garage
Sunday evenings reinstated between Streatham Common and South Croydon

13.11.40

J

8STL

7STL

7STL

HENDON CENTRAL   -  ARCHWAY STATION
Sunday extension from Archway to South Croydon withdrawn - mainly replaced by new Sunday service on 133 between South Croydon and Liverpool Street
Streatham (AK) allocation withdrawn

11.10.50

J

8RT

8RT

8RT

HENDON CENTRAL   -  ARCHWAY STATION
RT type introduced

26.11.58

J

9RT

7RT

--

ARCHWAY STATION - HENDON CENTRAL STN ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn and diverted in East Finchley via Aylmer Road and The Bishops Avenue instead of direct Great North Road to part compensate for the withdrawal of Route 58.

01.02.61

HT

17RM

13RM

--

HENDON CENTRAL STATION  -  Archway -  Holloway Road -  Caledonian Road -  Kings Cross -  Farringdon Road -  Charterhouse Street -  Holborn Circus - St Andrew Street - Shoe Lane - FARRINGDON STREET Stonecutter Street.
Extended from Archway to Farringdon Street replacing part of  Trolleybus Routes 517/617
Holloway (J) allocation transferred to Highgate (HT)
Part of Trolley Bus replacement program - Stage 9

11.11.61

HT

15RM

13RM

--

HENDON CENTRAL - ARCHWAY STN (Sat evgs) - KINGS CROSS (Sat afts) - FARRINGDON STREET (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Saturday afternoons withdrawn between Kings Cross and Farringdon Street and further withdrawn evenings between Archway and Kings Cross.

31.12.66

HT

16RM

8RM

--

HENDON CENTRAL - ARCHWAY STN (Sat evgs) - KINGS CROSS (Sat afts) - FARRINGDON STREET (Mon-Fri)
Saturday withdrawn between Kings Cross and Farringdon Street.

30.11.68

HT

11MB

6MB

5MB

HENDON CENTRAL - ARCHWAY STN
Converted to single deck OPO and withdrawn between Archway and Farringdon Street.
Reverted to direct routeing via Great North Road instead of The Bishops Avenue.
Sunday service re-introduced to compensate for the withdrawn section of Route 133.

17.02.73

HT191+

8MB

4MB

3MB

ARCHWAY STATION - Highgate Hill - Highgate Village - North Road - Great North Road - East Finchley - Finchley - Hendon - HENDON CENRAL STN
Re-routed between Archway and East Finchley via Highgate Village.

SMS335 Hendon Central busmap.co.uk

27.04.75

HT191+

8DMS

4DMS

3DMS

HENDON CENTRAL - ARCHWAY STN
Converted to double deck operation.

31.01.76

HT191+

8DMS

6DMS

3DMS

ARCHWAY STATION - HENDON CENTRAL STATION(Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800 - Sunday) - Hendon Way - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre (Mon-Fri 0800 - 2100 - Sat 0800 - 1830)
Extended from Hendon Central to Brent Cross during shopping periods

28.10.78

AE41+

7DMS

5DMS

2DMS

ARCHWAY  -  HENDON CENTRAL ( when Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( Mon-Sat shopping hours )
Holloway (HT) allocation transferred to Hendon (AE)

10.02.80

AE41+

7M

5M

2M

ARCHWAY  -  HENDON CENTRAL ( when Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( Mon-Sat shopping hours )
DMS replaced by Metrobus

M354 Highgate Hill busmap.co.uk

04.09.82

AE41+

6M

5M

--

ARCHWAY STATION (daytime) - EAST FINCHLEY STN (evenings) - HENDON CENTRAL STATION(Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800) - BRENT CROSS (Mon-Sat shop hours )
Sunday service withdrawn and Mon-Sat evenings between East Finchley and Archway.

04.02.84

AE41+

6M

5M

1M

ARCHWAY STATION (daytime) - EAST FINCHLEY STN (Sun afts,MS evenings) - HENDON CENTRAL STATION(Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800Sun afts) - Hendon Way - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre (Mon-Fri 0800 - 2100 - Sat 0800 - 1830)
Sunday afternoons re-introduced between Hendon Central and East Finchley.

06.06.87

HT131+

7M

7M

--

ARCHWAY STATION (daytime) - EAST FINCHLEY STN (evenings) - HENDON CENTRAL STATION(Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800) - Hendon Way - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre (Mon-Fri 0800 - 2100 - Sat 0800 - 1830)
Hendon garage closure - allocation transferred to Holloway (HT).
Sunday service withdrawn replaced by  Route 271extesnion from Highgate Village to Hendon Centralon this day

14.11.87

EW1+

8M

9M

--

ARCHWAY STATION (daytime) - EAST FINCHLEY (evenings) - HENDON CENTRAL (Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800) - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre (Mon-Fri 0800 - 2100 - Sat 0800 - 1830)Holloway (HT) allocation moved to Edgware (EW).

02.02.91

EW1+

9SR

11SR

5SR

ARCHWAY STN - Highgate Village - East Finchley - East End Road - Squires Lane - Long Lane - Finchley Central - Regents Park Road - Gravel Hill Hendon - HENDON CENTRAL STATION(Mon-Fri after 2100 - Sat after 1800 - Sunday) - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre (Mon-Fri 0800 - 2100 - Sat 0800 - 1830)
Converted to minibus operation and diverted in Finchley as shown.
Sunday service re-introduced.
Mon-Fri school times - extra journeys operated via old route and were numbered 143A

SR87 Hendon Town Hall busmap.co.uk

08.01.94

W801+

9DR/SR

9DR/SR

5DR/SR

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL ( Mon-Sat when Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( Mon-Sat shop hours )
Edgware (EW) allocation moved to Cricklewood (W)

DR45 Whittington Hospital busmap.co.uk

15.10.95

W801+

9DR

9DR

5DR

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( shop hours )
Sunday shopping hours extended from Hendon Central to Brent Cross.

02.09.96

W801+

9DR 1M

9DR

5DR

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( shop hours )
Double deck schoolday journeys introduced between Archway and East Finchley Cemetry.

29.06.98	W801+	9DR	9DR	5DR
	NE	1DD	--	--

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed )  -  BRENT CROSS ( shop hours )
The double deck schoolday journeys transferred to London Traveller - operated from a base in Great Central Way - Neasden

25.07.98	W801+	9DLD	9DLD	5DLD
	NE	1DD	--	--

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed and early am)  -  BRENT CROSS (except evenings)
Start of new contract with single deck low floor buses.
Early am service extended from Hendon Central to Brent Cross.

23.08.99	W801+	9DLD	9DLD	5DLD
	HN	2DD	--	--

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed and early am)  -  BRENT CROSS (except evenings)
Schoolday dd journeys transferred from London Traveller to Metropolitan operating from a base in Harlesden.

04.03.00	HT41+	9DLD	9DLD	5DLD
	HN	2DD	--	--

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed and early am)  -  BRENT CROSS (except evenings)
Transferred within Metroline from Cricklewood (W) to Holloway (HT)

	DML46 Archway

09.11.02	W151+	10DLD	10DLD	7DLD
	HN	3M	--	--

ARCHWAY -  HENDON CENTRAL (When Brent Cross closed and early am)  -  BRENT CROSS (except evenings)
Transferred within Metroline from Holloway (HT) to Cricklewood (W) .
This was a chain reaction with the 143 and C11 moved to Cricklewood to make room for the 24.
The 205 was moved from Cricklewood to a new base at Perivale (PV) .

28.06.03	W151+	12DLD	12DLD	9DLD
	HT251+	2TP/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS Shopping Centre
Extended late evenings from Hendon Central to Brent Cross.
The SDO dd journeys transferred to Metroline (HT)

21.05.05	PA131+	12DLF	11DLF	10DLF
	HT251+	2TP/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS
Operation trnasferred to Thorpes base at Perivale using Thorpes liveried buses
HT allocation retained for the SDO only work

06.01.07	PA131+	12DP	11DP	9DP
	HT251+	3TP/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS
Contract formally transferred to Metoline Travel

01.05.10	PA131+	13DLD	11DLD	9DLD
	HT251+	3VPL/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS
The hail and ride section in Finchley along Long Lane and Squires Lane converted to fixed stop.

26.06.10	PA131+	13DE	11DE	9DE
	HT251+	3TE/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS
Contract renewal with Metroline

09.06.12	W1+	13DE	11DE	9DE
	HT251+	3TE/134	--	--

27.06.15	W1+	13DE	11DE	8DE
	HT251+	3TE/134	--	--

ARCHWAY STN - BRENT CROSS
Contract extended for two years

24.06.17	W1+	13DE	11DE	8DE
	HT251+	3TE/134	--	--

ARCHWAY  -  BRENT CROSS
Contract renewal

30.06.18	W1+	13DE	11DE	8DE
	HT251+	1TE	--	--

ARCHWAY  -  BRENT CROSS
School journeys reduced to one am/pm

04.02.23

W1+

14DE

13DE

10DE

ARCHWAY  -  BRENT CROSS
Double deck school journey withdrawn thusHolloway(HT) involvement ended

2023 map

Extracted from 2023 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

 

Current Blind

Operating Garages

J Holloway
Changeover point Archway

HT Highgate
Changeover point  Archway

AE Hendon
Changeover point outside garage

W Cricklewood
Changeover point Brent Cross until 1900 then garage

EW Edgware
Changeover point Brent Cross

PA Perivale (Thorpes)
Changeover point Brent Cross

HN Metropolitan
Changeover point n/a