I was busy during the morning with church work so it was not until 1257 that I was aboard a Gatwick Express liveried class 387 from East Croydon to Clapham Junction. From the latter I could catch the No 49 or No 345 to Beaufort Road and Kings Road crossroads and in the event a No 345 came first at 1310. I alighted at 1325 and walked west along the King's Road to reach Limerston Street SW10 where two No 328s were waiting.
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| VWH2029 a Metroline .Volvo Wrightbus Gemini awaiting departure |
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| Limerston Street, only time No 328 bus was the sole route on the road |
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| World's End Chelsea |
I boarded the first of these Metroline's VWH2029 at 1312 and two minutes later we left what was the only road that was solely served by the No 328. The bus turned right or west along the King's Road until reaching Gunter Grove when it turned right and crossing the Fulham Road became Finborough Road. At the end of this road we crossed the Old Brompton Road and into Warwick Road which took us past the western exit of Earls Court and where the entrance to the exhibition centre used to stand at 1342.
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| Passing Warwick Road entrance to Earl's Court Underground station |
We then crossed the Cromwell Road to Earls Court Tesco and after a short while took the right turn into Pembroke Road. Regaining a northerly direction by turning left the bus reached Kensington High Street at the lights. Here there was a sign advising that the No 328 might have to go left but on this occasion we followed the correct route right along Kensington High Street as far as Kensington Church Street.
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| Princess Victoria Earl's Court Road |
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| Potential diversion at Kensington High Street |
Kensington Church Street took us to the Notting Hill Gate and onwards across the A40 along Pembridge Road to Westbourne Grove. Turning left along Chepstow Road affording the opportunity to turn right along Great Western Road and this to reach Westbourne Park Station and the bus garage. This bus is no longer run by the company whose garage this is though, and so we did not exchange drivers which probably would have happened when Tower Transit ran the route from that garage.
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| Having up to this point been in posh Kensington and Chelsea Great Western Road is in Westminster |
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| The Great Western railway under the Westway at Westbourne Park |
It was 1408 as we headed past the garage and crossed the Harrow Road into Elgin Avenue. From here the bus did some wriggling to reach Kilburn Park Underground. Once we had turned left into Kilburn High Road we took a turning to the right Quex Road with only one other bus route the No 189.
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| The Red Lion Kilburn High Road initially created in 1444 according to the sign-closed 2012. |
However at West End Lane that bus left us and the No 139 joined us for the run through West Hampstead and up to Fortune Green.at 1434 (an hour since departure). Beyond this we reached the Finchley Road and turned left to run to Child's Hill crossroads and on to Golders Green arriving at the bus station at 1450.
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| Crossing over third in the line of West Hampstead stations |
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| Telephone kiosks at Fortune Green |
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| Approaching Golders Green |
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| At Golders Green |
To return home I took the next southbound Northern line train to Warren Street where I changed onto the Victoria line to Victoria. I then caught the 1600 train home although it was delayed at Selhurst because the driver said a smoke alarm was going off in one of the toilets!
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