This Sunday variant of the 115 ran as follows:
WALLINGTON Belmont Road, Carshalton Stn, Hackbridge,
Mitcham, Streatham, Thornton Heath, Purley Way, CROYDON
AIRPORT
On 15 April 2007, the free service will operate mainly between
Mitcham and Wallington, with certain early journeys to Croydon
Airport. See the
timetable.
Main boarding points
Wallington Station, Carshalton Pond, Hackbridge Elm
Road, Mitcham Cricketers
Route history
RTs were introduced on route 115 by Croydon (TC) garage in
1948, but Sutton's allocation remained D until 1953.
Running from Wallington to Croydon Airport in a horseshoe shape via
Mitcham and Streatham, the 115 was extended to Whyteleafe on
weekdays from 1950.
The 115 always operated direct between Wallington and
Hackbridge Corner, along the route of the 234A, but from
November 1964 the Sunday service was diverted to serve Carshalton
Pond and Station and was renumbered 115A. This
replaced the Sunday projection from Mitcham to Wallington on the
44, which was withdrawn at the same time.
RM337 in original
condition lays over at Belmont Road, Wallington in about
1966.
Photo © Peter Osborn
By this time the route was operated by Thornton Heath (TH), who
continued to provide RTs for the 115 until conversion to OMO SMS at
the start of 1971. The 115
A differed however in
becoming RM-operated from October 1965, switching to SMS from the
same date. The Saturday service became the 115
A
from 1972, but both reverted to the direct routing from 1978,
running as 115, and the 115
A was no
more. The 115 itself disappeared in a wholesale
reorganisation in 1981.
RT294 on the 115 sets down at Mitcham
Fair Green.
