Routes 65 and 71 Heritage Event ~ Ealing - Kingston / Kingston - Chessington~ Sunday 11th June 2023
Route 65 (Ealing to Kingston) and Route 71 (Kingston to Chessington)
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Photo: Not scheduled to occur on 11th June 2023!
Undated (but between 1968 and 1975) newspaper report of a route 65 mishap at Copt Gilders.

route 65 photo gallery
![Hook looks rather different these days. Ex-LGOC STL179 runs to Ealing Argyle Road in 1949, having just crossed the A3 and chased by a 10T10 on Green Line route 714. [Alan B Cross] STL179](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/65_STL179_0849_ABC2/730740367.jpg)
Hook looks rather different these days. Ex-LGOC STL179 runs to Ealing Argyle Road in 1949, having just crossed the A3 and chased by a 10T10 on Green Line route 714. [Alan B Cross]
![Carrying a 1938 ‘STL12’ body, low-numbered STL59 received its replacement body in 1946. [Alan B Cross] STL59](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/65_STL59_0849_ABC3/1670438983.jpg)
Carrying a 1938 ‘STL12’ body, low-numbered STL59 received its replacement body in 1946. [Alan B Cross]
![RT operation officially spanned the period 1948 to 1975, although RTs continued to substitute occasionally for Routemasters for another few years. RT1538 crosses Kew Bridge in 1975. [Graham Burnell] RT1538](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/65_RT1538_KewBridge_1975_GrahamBurnell-scaled/2917239473.jpg)
RT operation officially spanned the period 1948 to 1975, although RTs continued to substitute occasionally for Routemasters for another few years. RT1538 crosses Kew Bridge in 1975. [Graham Burnell]
![On the last day of scheduled RT operation, RT4165 and RM427 share the traditional 65 stand at Ealing Broadway. [Fred Ivey]](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/65_EalingBdy_FredIvey-75_570_181075lastdayscheduledRT-scaled/267495877.jpg)
On the last day of scheduled RT operation, RT4165 and RM427 share the traditional 65 stand at Ealing Broadway. [Fred Ivey]
![A scene at Chessington Zoo, soon after bus deregulation outside London in 1986. The Epsom Coaches coach is operating route 568, the subsidised replacement for the 468, and sits between LT Metrobuses working routes 65 and 71, both of which will serve Kingston. [John Norman]](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/568-Epsom-Coaches-65-71-John-Norman/936704748.jpg)
A scene at Chessington Zoo, soon after bus deregulation outside London in 1986. The Epsom Coaches coach is operating route 568, the subsidised replacement for the 468, and sits between LT Metrobuses working routes 65 and 71, both of which will serve Kingston. [John Norman]
![During London & Country’s temporary operation of the 65 in 1990, Leatherhead garage’s Atlantean AN226 runs north from Kingston to an unknown destination. [Graham Burnell]](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/65_AN226_Kingston_1991_GB-2-2.jpg)
During London & Country’s temporary operation of the 65 in 1990, Leatherhead garage’s Atlantean AN226 runs north from Kingston to an unknown destination. [Graham Burnell]
![In the early years of route tendering, operators were permitted to use their own livery. Here Armchair’s Olympian H553GKX stops in Eden Street, Kingston. [Steve Guess] Armchair H533 GKX](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/03/Armchair-Olympian-H553GKX-Kingston-Steve-Guess/2522956674.jpg)
In the early years of route tendering, operators were permitted to use their own livery. Here Armchair’s Olympian H553GKX stops in Eden Street, Kingston. [Steve Guess]
![RATP London United Scania Omnicity SP40102 in heritage livery - Eden Street, Kingston - 29 July 2021 [David Harman] RATP London United Scania Omnicity SP40102 in heritage livery - Eden Street, Kingston - 29 July 2021 [David Harman]](https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/11/xRte65Scania/1593118160.jpg)
RATP London United Scania Omnicity SP40102 in heritage livery - Eden Street, Kingston - 29 July 2021 [David Harman]
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