This category page lists all bus routes involved in the tram replacement programme from 1950 to 1952.
List of services[]
2: Wimbledon, South Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Tooting Broadway, Balham, Clapham South, Clapham Common, Stockwell, Kennington, Lambeth North, Westminster, Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, Elephant & Castle, Kennington, then back to Wimbledon
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 155W.
4: Wimbledon, South Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Tooting Broadway, Balham, Clapham South, Clapham Common, Stockwell, Kennington, Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, Lambeth North, Kennington, then back to Wimbledon
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 155B.
6: Southwark Bridge (North Side), Borough, Elephant & Castle, Kennington, Stockwell, Clapham, Balham, Tooting Broadway, Tooting (Amen Corner)
Operates Mon-Fri peak hours, and Sat before 1400
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced between Southwark Bridge and Clapham South by route 189 on Mon-Fri, and by route 189A on Sat; and between Clapham South and Tooting Broadway by routes 155B and 155W.
8: Victoria, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Clapham Common, Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Broadway, Southcroft Road, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Brixton, Stockwell, then back to Victoria
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 57A between Victoria and Streatham, and route 57 between Tooting Broadway and Victoria.
10: Tooting Broadway, Southcroft Road, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Brixton, Kennington, Elephant & Castle, Borough (St George's Church). Extended daily except Saturday after 1530 to Southwark Bridge (North Side)
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 95.
12: Borough (Hop Exchange), Southwark Street, Borough Road, St George's Circus, Lambeth Palace, Vauxhall, Nine Elms Lane, Battersea, Wandsworth
Last day of operation: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 44.
16: Purley, South Croydon, Croydon Town Centre, West Croydon, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Brixton, Kennington, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, Elephant & Castle, Kennington, then back to Purley
Last day of operation: 7 Apr 1951
Replaced by route 109.
18: Purley, South Croydon, Croydon Town Centre, West Croydon, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Brixton, Kennington, Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth North, Kennington, then back to Purley
Last day of operation: 7 Apr 1951
Replaced by route 109.
20: Victoria, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Brixton, Streatham, Southcroft Road, Tooting Broadway, Balham, Clapham South, Clapham Common, Stockwell, then back to Victoria
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 57 between Victoria and Tooting Broadway, and route 57A between Streatham and Victoria.
22: Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth Palace, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Clapham Common, Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Broadway, Southcroft Road, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Brixton, Stockwell, then back to Victoria Embankment
Operates during Mon-Sat rush hours only
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 104 between Victoria Embankment and Tooting Broadway, route 57 between Tooting Broadway and Streatham Hill, and route 50 between Streatham Hill and Victoria Embankment.
24: Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth Palace, Vauxhall, Stockwell, Brixton, Streatham Hill, Streatham, Southcroft Road, Tooting Broadway, Balham, Clapham South, Clapham Common, Stockwell, then back to Victoria Embankment
Operates during Mon-Sat rush hours only
Last day of operation: 6 Jan 1951
Replaced by route 50 between Victoria Embankment and Streatham Hill, routes 57 and 57A between Streatham Hill and Tooting Broadway, and route 104 between Tooting Broadway and Victoria Embankment.
26: Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, Lambeth Palace, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment. Extended on Mon-Sat to Blackfriars, Southwark Street, Borough (Hop Exchange)
Last day of operation: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 168 between Clapham Junction and Blackfriars.
28: Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, Victoria
Last day of operation: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 169.
31: Wandsworth, Battersea, Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, Lambeth Palace, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment. Extended on Mon-Sat to Kingsway Subway, Holborn, Rosebery Avenue, Angel, Islington Green
Last day: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 170
33: West Norwood, Herne Hill, Dulwich Road, Brixton, Kennington, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Kingsway Subway, Holborn, Rosebery Avenue, Angel, Islington Green, Essex Road, Newington Green, Manor House
Last day of operation: 6 Apr 1952
Replaced by route 171
34: Blackfriars, Elephant & Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell, Loughborough Junction, Brixton, Stockwell, Clapham Common, Cedars Road, Clapham Junction, Battersea, Battersea Bridge (South Side)
Last day of operation: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 45
35: Forest Hill, Brockley Rise, Brockley, New Cross Gate, Peckham, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Kingsway Subway, Holborn, Rosebery Avenue, Angel, Highbury Corner, Holloway Road, Archway
Last day of operation: 6 Apr 1952
Replaced by route 172
36: Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton, Greenwich, Deptford Bridge, New Cross Gate, Old Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle, then back to Abbey Wood
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 177
36 Extra: Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton, Greenwich, Lewisham, Catford
Operates during Mon-Sat peak hours only
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 180
38: Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton, Greenwich, Deptford Bridge, New Cross Gate, Old Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, Elephant & Castle, then back to Abbey Wood
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 177
40: Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth North, Kennington, Camberwell, Peckham, New Cross Gate, Deptford Bridge, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich. Extended during Mon-Sat rush hours to Plumstead Corner
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 163
42: Thornton Heath High Street, Thornton Heath Pond, West Croydon, Croydon (Coombe Road)
Last day of operation: 7 Apr 1951
Replaced by route 190
44: Woolwich, Woolwich Common, Well Hall Roundabout, Eltham, Eltham Green
Operates on Monday-Saturday only
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 161
46: Woolwich, Woolwich Common, Well Hall Roundabout, Eltham, Eltham Green, Lee Green, Lewisham, New Cross Gate, Old Kent Road, Great Dover Street, Borough, Southwark Bridge (North Side)
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 21A between Woolwich and Eltham Station, and by route 182 throughout.
48: West Norwood, Herne Hill, Milkwood Road, Loughborough Junction, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Borough, Southwark Bridge (North Side)
Last day of operation: 5 Jan 1952
Replaced by route 48
52: Grove Park, Downham, Bellingham, Catford, Lewisham, New Cross Gate, Old Kent Road, Great Dover Street, Borough, Southwark Bridge (North Side)
Operates during Mon-Sat peak hours only
Last day of operation: 5 Jan 1952
Replaced by route 149
54: Grove Park, Downham, Bellingham, Catford, Lewisham, New Cross Gate, Peckham, Camberwell, Kennington, Vauxhall, Victoria
Last day of operation: 5 Jan 1952
Replaced by route 69
56: Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment. Mon-Sat service continues in a loop via Blackfriars to Elephant & Castle and back to Peckham Rye (this direction only)
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 184
58: Blackwall Tunnel (South Side), Blackwall Lane, Greenwich, Lewisham, Catford, Forest Hill, Dulwich, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Kennington, Vauxhall, Victoria
Last day of operation
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 185
60: Dulwich Library, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Borough, Southwark Bridge (North Side)
Operates during Mon-Sat peak hours only
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 176A
62: Forest Hill, Dulwich, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment
Operates during Mon-Sat peak hours only
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 176
66: Forest Hill, Brockley Rise, Brockley, New Cross Gate, Peckham, Camberwell, Kennington, Vauxhall, Victoria
Operates on Monday-Saturday only
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 36A
68: Greenwich, Deptford, Surrey Docks, Lower Road, Bermondsey, Tower Bridge Road, Elephant & Castle, Waterloo
Last day of operation: 10 Jul 1951
Replaced by route 188
70: Greenwich, Deptford, Surrey Docks, Lower Road, Bermondsey, Tooley Street, London Bridge
Last day of operation: 10 Jul 1951
Replaced by routes 70 and 70A
72: Woolwich, Woolwich Common, Well Hall Roundabout, Eltham Green, Lee Green, Lewisham, New Cross Gate. Extended on Mon-Fri during AM peak and 1400-1930, and all day Saturday to Peckham, Camberwell, Kennington, Lambeth North, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment
Last day of operation: 5 Jul 1952
Replaced by route 186 between Woolwich and Lewisham, and by route 163 between New Cross Gate and Victoria Embankment.
74: Grove Park, Downham, Bellingham, Catford, Brockley Rise, Brockley, New Cross Gate, Old Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars
Last day of operation: 5 Jan 1952
Replaced by route 179
78: West Norwood, Herne Hill, Dulwich Road, Brixton, Stockwell, Vauxhall, Victoria
Last day of operation: 5 Jan 1952
Replaced by route 178
84: Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, Blackfriars, Victoria Embankment, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle and back to Peckham Rye
Operates on Monday-Saturday only
Last day of operation: 6 Oct 1951
Replaced by route 184
Trolleybus 612: Battersea (Princes Head), Wandsworth, Earlsfield, Garratt Lane, Tooting Broadway, Tooting Junction, Mitcham
Last day of operation: 30 Sep 1950
Replaced by route 44.
This route was withdrawn to allow Wandsworth Depot to become fully motor bus.
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