Route 196 at Chelsham Garage
28/10/1989 to 27/4/1990
After
the final 403 green bus ran at Chelsham Garage, there
was a 6 month reprieve for Chelsham to operate red bus
contracted route 196 between Norwood Junction and Brixton
with peak hour extension to and from Oval and early
morning extension to Islington Green. This route did
not serve the local area. |
Route
196 blinds for the early morning extension to Holborn
and Islington Green and the peak hour extension to Kennington
Oval are shown here on Chelsham's Twins AN267 and AN268
seen here lined up in Chelsham garage bus parking area.
November 1989 |
A
smart line up of AN's for route 196 on the forecourt
of Chelsham Garage |
I
am sure he will spot the route number set to route 197A
on AN534 on the left? |
AN184
showing off her engine while over the pit inside Chelsham
Garage |
AN197
standing at the Norwood Junction terminus, ready to
head off to Herne Hill and Brixton |
AN223
at Kennington Oval about to depart for West Norwood |
AN225
in a traffic jam in Brixton |
That's
it, the 6 months are up. 5 AN's head off to CY, Crawley
Garage from Chelsham Garage as a Kentish Bus AN approaches
on a route 23 journey from West Croydon to Tatsfield
28/4/1990
Final
run out list of route 196 buses by running No. fleet
No.and times leaving Chelsham Bus Garage on the last
day of operation.of bus services at CM, Friday 27th
April 1990 THE END. |
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