Route 162


34248 (Y248 FJN) on service 162, this route was newly extended to Eltham from Chislehurst, via New Eltham. Routes 160, 161, and 162 all pass this cross roads. The pub on the corner is known as 'The Bankers Draught', it used to be a bank. Just around the corner is another pub called 'The Old Post Office'. The 162 is run by Stagecoach London.
24 October 2001.
Photograph. John King.

A rare appearance of a double decker on the 162. This is VA126. R126 EVX, seen here in Avery Hill Road on Thursday 22 August 2002..
Photograph. John King.

Responsibility for route 162 Eltham Station - Beckenham Junction passed to Arriva Kent Thameside on 18 March 2006. However the same buses are still in use being loaned to Arriva until they recieve new ones. They retain their Stagecoach numbering with the first 3 being removed. This is  4213 seen at Eltham Station with an Arriva Sticker in the window. 
14 April 2006.
Photograph. John King.

Arriva Kent Thameside 1629 (SN06 BPX) one of nthe new buses for the route looks quite smart in all over red livery. Seen here at Eltham Church in the early evening of 30 April 2006.
Photograph. John King.


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