This long-running route operated as follows:
PURLEY Old Lodge Lane, Purley Fountain,
Foxley Lane, Woodcote, Wallington Station, Manor Rd, London Road,
HACKBRIDGE CORNER Elm Road
On 15 April 2007, the free service will operate mainly between
Hackbridge and Purley, with journeys to Old Lodge Lane. See
the
timetable.
The road under the
railway in Wallington was lowered in 1966, allowing double-deck
operation and the return of the 157 to its original routing.
By the last day of RF operation on 22 January 1977, RF529 was
looking very tired, ready for some Mauritius sunshine which it saw
that
June.
Photo ©
John ParkinRoute history
The 87, nowadays the new-look number for London's last
suffixed route 77A, was a General route running from
Streatham to Purley via Wallington and Foxley Lane. It was
single-decked due to the low bridge at Wallington Station and was
for many years the only north-south route through Wallington.
Renumbered 234 in the 1934 renumbering, the 234 was joined by the
234A in 1938 to provide a through service from Purley
Old Lodge Lane.
Operated throughout by LT Scooters until the RFs arrived,
initially from Sutton and later Croydon garages, the
234A took over the north-south service when the 234 was
double-decked and therefore turned short south of the bridge in
1950. RFs arrived in 1953 and remained for 24 years,
converting to one-man operation in 1966. Today the 127 covers
the Mitcham to Purley section, while the 455 covers Old Lodge
Lane.
More details of the 234A
here.
