London Transport
Country Area Routes 335–339

North of the Thames

Last updated 27-12-07.

335
 335 FARE STAGE
335 - 336
I was told that this “E” plate came from in front of Chalfont & Latimer Station, although the 335 and 336 also ran together in Chenies, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth and Croxley.		 335 - 353
This “E” plate is believed to be from Amersham Garage, but it could also be from Windsor, as the 335 and 353 ran together at both of those locations.		 335 AND 353 FARE STAGE
This is a rather unusual plate: the normal design had FARE STAGE twice, once below each route number. The scratches top and bottom are from when it was extracted from a bus stop.

Route 335 was taken over from the Lewis Omnibus Company in the early 1930s, and certainly in 1959 remained more or less the same, running from Windsor Bus Station to Watford (Leavesden) via Slough, Wexham Street, Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St. Peter, Chalfont St. Giles, Chalfont & Latimer, Chenies, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth and Croxley.

Route 336 is described below.

Route 353 ran daily between Windsor (Bus Station) and Berkhamsted Station via Slough, Stoke Green, Stoke Common, Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St. Peter, Chalfont St. Giles, Amersham, Chesham and Ashley Green.

Route 336 ran from Watford to Chesham via Watford Junction, Croxley Green, Croxley, Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Chenies, Chalfont & Latimer and Amersham (Oakfield Corner). London Country later extended the service to Chesham (Ley Hill).

336
This plate is a very old one for a route that hardly changed over the years, and probably dates from the days of the first bus stops in the country area, possibly slotted in the same stop flag for perhaps 30 years.		336 MON.-FRI.
Country Area “E” plated did not normally show the days of the week. This plate may perhaps have come from Watford Station.		336 SATURDAY FARE STAGE
This “E” plate is also quite old, dating from the period when Saturday services were also denoted in red. It is even more unusual for also being a FARE STAGE plate
336B SUNDAY
These are particularly interesting plates, as relatively few Country Area routes were Sunday only, and even fewer had “B” suffixes.		336B SUNDAY
336B SUNDAY
This “E” plate came from Amersham Garage just prior to it’s demolition in the 1990s.

Route 336B ran on Sundays only between Amersham Garage and Northwood Station via Amersham Station, Chalfont & Latimer, Chenies, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth and Mount Vernon Hospital. There were just four return trips and they covered this section of Green Line Coach route 703 when the latter was withdrawn around 1965.

Route 337 ran between Hemel Hempstead Station or Two Waters Garage and Dunstable (Square) via Moor End, Hemel Hempstead town centre, Water End, Gaddesden, Studham and Whipsnade Heath. Although not shown as having a Sunday service in the 1965 timetable, I believe that there was a period when it ran on Sundays to Whipsnade Zoo.

Route 377 was a works service that ran between Apsley Mills and Redbourn via Two Waters, Hemel Hempstead town centre, Maylands Avenue and Cupid Green. There were very few journeys, and some were numbered 377A or 377B for slight variations. The whole of the 377/A/B family was a very infrequent and complicated group of routes generally running only during Monday to Friday peak hours, and were operated by RTs.
337 SUNDAY
 ← It is especially unusual for Country Area “E” plates to be produced in red, as generally there were very few Sunday-only variations.
Triple-split “E” plates are extremely rare. This one likely came from Hemel Hempstead town centre. →		 337 - 377 - 377A
337 WARE BUNTINGFORD

The number 337 was later reused for the 331A when letter suffixes were being phased out in favour of three-digit route numbers. It ran from Hertford (Bus Station) to Buntingford via Ware, Wadesmill, Standon, Puckeridge, Braughing, Dassels and Hare Street.

My guess is that this destinated “E” plate came from Hertford Bus Station.

Route 338 ran between St. Albans Bus Garage and Harperpury Hospital via London Colney. Some journeys ran on to Radlett Station.

The 338 was a rather short route and I imagine there would not have been many “E” plates for it. There is also some discolouration which shows this to be a very old plate, and the route changed very little so it would have been in use until the end.

 338
338A

Route 338A provided just a few journeys to serve Napsbury Hospital at visiting times on Wednesdays and Sundays, and ran between St. Albans Garage and Radlett Station via London Colney, Napsbury Hospital and Harperbury Hospital. The normal service ran daily as 338 and bypassed the Hospital.

Route 339 ran daily between Harlow (Bus Station) and Warley (Eagle Way) via Potter Street, Thornwood, Epping Station, North Weald, Tylers Green, Ongar, Kelvedon Hatch, Pilgrims Hatch and Brentwood.

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