Plumstead High Street


East Thames Buses VWL1.  LB 02 YWX. & VWL10.  LB 02 YXH. on 180 in Plumstead High Street, near Banockburn Road. The 180 was a tram replacement route which ran from Catford Garage to Woolwich and extended to Plumstead Common. A few years later it was extended to Lower Sydenham Station from Catford. After the Abbey Estate was built the 180 was extended from Woolwich to Abbey Wood via the estate. Now the route runs direct from Abbey Wood via McLeod Road to Lewisham only.
3 November 2002.
See this crossing from the opposite side of the road on 30 April 1977.
Photograph. John King.

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Stagecoach TA 219. V219 MEV. on route 96, runnig a short working to Plumstead Station.Followed closely by another unidetified TA also on route 96, this one going to Woolwich. This scene at Plumstead Corner, the Plumstead High Street junction with Wickham Lane. Bostal Hill and Bostal Woods can be seen in the distance.
19 October 2002.
See a 96 here in May 1971.
Photograph. John King.

Stagecoach TA271. X271 NNO. on route 177 seen in Plumstead High Street on the way to Peckham. The gate to Banockburn School can be seen on the far side of the road. This section of road has hardly changed since the days of the 36/38 tram which the 177 bus originally replaced. (Abbey Wood - Embankment). The 177 now runs from Thamemead to Peckham.
19 October 2002.
Photograph. John King.


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