London Transport
Country Area Routes 360–369

North of the Thames

Last updated 22-07-08.

360

Route 360 was a London Transport Country Area route running between Luton (Park Square) and Caddington via Farley Hill.

Route 361 ran on Mondays to Saturdays as a circular service from St. Albans Bus Garage via Chiswell Green, How Wood Estate and back via Chiswell Green to St. Albans. Some Monday to Friday afternoon journeys ran on to Harpenden (Church Green) via Sandridgebury Lane.

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Route 362 ran daily between High Wycombe (Queen Victoria Road) and Chesham (Ley Hill) via Terriers Cross Road, Hazlemere, Cozy Corner, Holmer Green, Penn Street, Amersham and Chesham Broadway. It was just recently withdrawn, on 5 July of this year.

Route 362A ran daily between High Wycombe and Chesham (Ley Hill) via Terriers Cross Road, Widmer End, Primrose Hill, Cozy Corner, Holmer Green, Penn Street, Amersham and Chesham Broadway. In later years the Chesham terminal was changed to Nashleigh Arms. I’m not too sure of the history of the weekend red variant, as it doesn’t feature anywhere in my reference books from the 1960s up to the ’70s, so it must have been from another period. I think it did funny bits around the High Wycombe and Holmer Green areas. On 22nd June, 1974, route 362A became the 364 as part of the plan to eliminate suffix letters.

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This “E” plate is one that was outside Amersham Garage on the day it closed. Lots of souvenir hunters around that day! What more to be said?		362A SATURDAY & SUNDAY
362A SATURDAY & SUNDAY FARE STAGE
It is very unusual to find “E” plates that have all the information in red except the  FARE STAGE  and they always look rather pleasing. It is especially rare to find this treatment for a Country Area route as so few of them featured in red compared to the Central Area, and even less would have had the  FARE STAGE  lettering.
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 363 FARE STAGE
A little Photoshop trickery was used to create the image of this “E” plate.

Route 363 ran from Totteridge to Penn via High Wycombe, Terriers and Hazlemere.

I think “E” plates for the 363 were rather rare because they would only have appeared on stops in High Wycombe town centre.
RMC1490
Coach Routemaster RMC1490 [490CLT] downgraded to bus work on the 363 outside Wycombe station in November 1976. As you can see, the light is very awkward; however, this is the only shot Paul ever took at this location.
Paul Davis photo
 The “E” plates below the stop flag in the picture on the left are probably
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363 FARE STAGE 362 326 FARE STAGE
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London Country AEC Swift SM123 [BPH123H] in Easton Street, High Wycombe, in September 1977, showing 326 and 363 “E” plates on the stop. The enlargement clearly shows it as 363, and not 365 which came into use locally just after this photo was taken.
Paul Davis photo

Route 364 ran daily between Luton (Park Square) and Flamstead Village via Farley Hill, Woodside, Markyate and Friars Wash. There was a Mondays to Saturdays extension from Luton to Hitchin (St. Mary’s Square) via Cockernhoe, Tea Green, The Heath, Breachwood Green, Kings Walden, Preston and Gosmore. The route was operated by Hitchin garage [HN] until it closed in 1958, thence by Luton [LS], and extended to Markyate and Flamstead over the former 356 routeing. The service gradually declined, and was withdrawn in 1972 as part of London Country’s rural cutbacks that year. It was taken over by Court Line around 1973 who subsequently folded amid great publicity. The route was apparently very picturesque, running along very narrow country lanes through very rural countryside, but sadly I never managed to travel on it.

In 1974 the number 364 was assigned to the old route 362A, running between High Wycombe and Chesham (Nashleigh Arms) via Terriers Cross Road, Widmer End, Primrose Hill, Cozy Corner, Holmer Green, Penn Street, Amersham and Chesham Broadway. It survived the closure of Wycombe Garage in October ’77, and was in use 1978-79 by Amersham-based buses. The route was withdrawn with the service revisions of 13 April, 1980, connected with the Chilternlink major changes of that date.
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 ← Older plates tended to have larger numbers, which is evidenced by the heavier wethering on this plate (which probably came from the Luton to Hitchin service).
This “E” plate could have come from either instance of the 364. →		 364
364A 364A

Route 364A was a branch of the 364 that ran on Mondays to Saturdays from Hitchin (St. Mary’s Square) to Whipsnade Zoo via Gosmore, Preston, Kings Walden, The Heath, Breachwood Green, Cockernhoe, Luton Airport, then daily from Luton (Park Square) via Farley Hill, Woodside, Markyate and Kensworth. Only a couple of journeys served Whipsnade Zoo except on Sundays when the whole service ran there. It also suffered the same fate at the hands of Court Line.

The unevenness of the numbers on the second “E” plate suggests to me that it may have been hand-lettered.

Route 365 ran daily between Luton (Park Square) and St. Albans City Station via Viaduct Arches, Newmill End, Coldharbour, Batford, Cherry Trees, Wheathampstead, Sandridge and St. Albans.

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The 366 changed very little, which is why this “E” plate is tatty, as most were very old when they were finaly removed.		 366

Route 366 was introduced as a railway replacement service for the Welwyn Garden City–Luton (officially Hatfield–Dunstable) railway line which was closed in 1965. The 366 ran on Mondays to Saturdays between Luton (Park Square) and Welwyn Garden City Station via Newmill End, Batford Corner, Cherry Tress and Wheathampstead, virtually parallel to the old railway. The route hardly altered over the years, which accounts for the very old plates. Thanks to Alan Owen for straightening out some confusion about the 365 and 366.

Route 367 was a works service for Bata Shoe Factory and ran just a few Monday to Friday rush hour journeys between Bata Factory and Tilbury Docks (The Ship) via Chadwell St. Mary and Tilbury.

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London Country short Leyland National SNB 227 [LPB227P] en route to the Bata factory at Chadwell St. Mary in July 1979.
Steve Fennell photo; LBIC70

A pre-war route 368 ran between St. Albans and Whipsnade Zoo.

The modern route 368 (which this plate is from) ran between Grays (Queens Hotel) and East Tilbury (Bata Shoe Factory) via Chadwell St. Mary, with a journey to and from Stifford Clays. The route was a very infrequent service running only during Monday to Friday peak hours to serve the needs of workers at the Bata Factory. There would have been very few stops with “E” plates, probably only in Grays town centre.

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