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| Thameslink's 700044 leaving for Elstree and finally St Albans |
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| VWH2183 of Metroline awaiting departure under M1 at Mill Hill Broadway |
Metroline's VWH2183 departed quite swiftly at 1327 and after turning left out of the bus station and then left again, the driver thought about turning right down Langley Park. This road was just before the remains of the Mill Hill the Vale railway line to Edgware. This road was indicated as a dead end and luckily the driver realised before we left the main road. We then crossed over the bridge and turned right along the correct road which was Lyndhurst Avenue. From here we threaded our way through the estates to reach Burnt Oak library and the parade of shops.
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| A No 302 also of Metroline waiting outside Burnt Oak library to turn right |
The bus crossed the A5 and started to follow Stag Lane before turning right down Mollison Way and on to Queensbury station where we arrived at 1345.
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| The Underground symbol on the centre of the roundabout outside Queensbury station |
From Queensbury we continued through streets of suburban semis from the 1920s and 1930s by way of Kenton and into Harrow arriving at Harrow bus station at 1408.
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| The shops of Harrow prior to turning right to reach Harrow bus station and Harrow on the Hill tube station |
From Harrow bus station the bus went to West and then South Harrow and after this the bus headed west until it almost reached South Ruislip railway station.
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| Typical housing that I passed through on this journey led me to think where did all these people live before 1920? |
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| The 1930s semis continued through Harrow and Ruislip |
Next the bus went on to stop at Ruislip Manor station before finally arriving at Ruislip station at 1439.
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| Arrival at Ruislip station exactly at the time bus driver advised me when I boarded-well done! |
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| The signal box at Ruislip station was the same as the Airfix model I had on my model railway in the 1960s and 1970s |
There was a 9 minute wait at Ruislip station for a Metropolitan line train to Aldgate which arrived at 1448. The journey was uneventful except for a hold up accessing a platform to reach Aldgate terminus platforms at 1543.
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| The next No 115 bus awaiting departure at Aldgate bus station |
I emerged from the tube station and immediately opposite was the Aldgate bus station where the No 115 begins its journey to East Ham. This bus follows the route of the No 15 along the Commercial Road to Docklands and crosses over the A102M just north of the Blackwall Tunnel. The service is provided by London General and was operated by Enviro Hybrid EH140 which left at 1548.
By this time it was starting to get dark and therefore it was difficult to take any photographs on board. Beyond the A102M the bus followed the A13 to reach Canning Town bus station which was achieved at 1615. Once the bus left Canning Town bus station it followed the No 5 bus route through Plaistow to Upton Park. At the bus stop just beyond the Boleyn Tavern the bus driver made an announcement that he had been asked to wait to regulate the service. So wait we did from 1629 to 1633. After this the bus continued on the same road to reach Newham town hall where the bus turned right and headed south to reach Central Park East Ham and here the bus terminated at 1645.
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| Arrival at Central Park East Ham with the Christmas lights in park to left |
From here I crossed the road and caught a No 474 to East Ham High Street and after visiting McDonalds I walked to East Ham station and caught the District tube to West Ham. At this station I changed from the District line to the Jubilee line and took this to Canada Water. From here the London Overground conveyed me to Sydenham where I waited for the 1811 to West Croydon. This train suffered many delays getting to West Croydon and it was almost 7 PM before I reached home.
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