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Route 236
This route originally ran from Leyton to Finsbury Park via Highbury
Barn. The section of the route to be operated on the day
is as follows:
LEYTON GREEN, Hainault Road,
Leytonstone Stn, LEYTON Town Hall, Ruckholt Road,
HACKNEY WICK, Victoria Park Road (westbound), Well St,
LONDON FIELDS Albion Drive (site of
Dalston Garage).
Journeys extended to: Queensbridge Road, Dalston Cross,
Ridley Road, Crossway, King Henry's Walk, Mildmay Grove North
(westbound), MILDMAY PARK Dove
Road
Note that buses to Mildmay Park will carry blinds for Highbury
New Park. Buses will not enter the bus station at Leytonstone
Station.
Main boarding points
Hackney Wick (Eastway) (towards Dalston: stop
L; towards Leyton: stop
N)
Route history
The 236 is one of the original
single-deck routes operated when London Transport was formed in
1933, renumbered from 263A in 1934. Despite passing Dalston
garage, the route was run out of Tottenham and Leyton garages until
1971. For many years it used the six-wheel single-deckers of
the LT class, known as 'Scooters', until they were replaced in 1949
by new Leylands of the TD class, these being replaced in turn in
1958 by RFs, all in those days operated
by a crew of two.
The route continued with RFs until 1971, its Tottenham buses
having (finally) been moved to Dalston
garage in January 1971. By this time, no other
single-deck route in London used conductors and these last were to
succumb to new technology on 16 April 1971, when the RFs were
replaced by AEC Swifts. Despite a succession of
route changes in the intervening years, this route still operates
between Hackney Wick and Finsbury Park, well over 70 years serving
the residential roads of the area.
To mark the involvement of Leyton Garage in the operation of
the 236 for 55 years from 1934 to 1989, the Easter Sunday service
will start from the garage at Leyton Green.
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Click here for the timetable
Click here for a route map for the day
16 April 1971. RF433 on Victoria Park
Road on the last day of crew
operation of the 236.
RF433 will be running on the 236 on Easter
Sunday.
Photo © Jim Blake 1971, used with
permission
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