Country AreaFifty of the 76 RLHs were painted green and used in the Country Area of London Transport. The first RLH ran in June 1950 on route 336 to Amersham (the longest running lowbridge route in London Transport, dating from 1930).The Country Area garages and principle routes were Amersham (route 336), Addlestone and Guildford (routes 436, 461, 463), Godstone (route 410), Reigate (route 447), and East Grinstead (highbridge routes only). |
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Amersham (MA) East Grinstead (EG) Godstone (GD) Guildford (GF) Reigate (RG) |
GD (Godstone) GF (Guildford) MA (Amersham) RG (Reigate) WY (Addlestone) |
305/305A - Amersham 336 - Amersham 353 - Amersham 359 - Amersham 408A - Guildford/Addlestone 410 - Godstone 415 - Guildford 420 - Addlestone 424 - East Grinstead 428 - East Grinstead 430 - Reigate 436 - Guildford/Addlestone 436A - Addlestone 447 - Reigate 461 - Addlestone 461A - Guildford/Addlestone 462/462B/462C - Addlestone 463 - Guildford/Addlestone 463A - Addlestone 708 - East Grinstead 715/716 - Guildford/Addlestone 725 - Addlestone |
Central AreaThe remaining twenty-six RLHs were painted red for use in the Central Area of London Transport, which covered the garages of Merton (route 127), Harrow Weald (route 230), Dalston (route 178) and Hornchurch (route 248). |
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Harrow Weald (HD) Hornchurch (RD) Merton (AL) |
D (Dalston) HD (Harrow Weald) RD (Hornchurch) |
127 - Merton 152 - Merton 178 - Dalston 230/230A - Harrow Weald 248/248A - Hornchurch 249 - Hornchurch |