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Route 65 and 71 Heritage Event

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 RT in trouble

route 65 photo gallery

STL179 — 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]

STL59 — Carrying a 1938 ‘STL12’ body, low-numbered STL59 received its replacement body in 1946. [Alan B Cross]

RT1538 — 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]

RT4286 [David Bowker]

On the last day of scheduled RT operation, RT4165 and RM427 share the traditional 65 stand at Ealing Broadway. [Fred Ivey]

RM797 [David Bowker]

RML2630 [David Bowker]

Bellbottoms and RM1975 at the Dysart Arms, Petersham [David Bowker]

Shillibeer-livereid RM2130 [David Bowker]

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]

Metrobus M1268 [David Bowker]

London & Country AN223 [David Bowker]

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]

Armchair H533 GKX — 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 Passenger Transport Leyland Olympian H561 GKX [David Bowker]

RATP London United Scania Omnicity SP40102 in heritage livery - Eden Street, Kingston - 29 July 2021 [David Harman]

RATP London United Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3 45162 - Castlebar Road, Ealing - 22 May 2021 [David Harman]

RATP Dev Transit London BYD D8UR/ADL E400EV City BCE47054 (LG71 DWO) - Richmond, Quadrant - 3 Sep 2022 [David Harman]

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route 71 photo gallery

RT4286 [David Bowker]

RT4286 [David Bowker]

RT1107 [David Bowker]

RM729 [David Bowker]

RM1579 [David Bowker]

RM1040 [David Bowker]

RM1384 [David Bowker]

RM1748 [David Bowker]

RF314 outside Leatherhead Garage [David Bowker]

Metrobus M1262 [David Bowker]

Fleetline DMS714 in Kingston Bus livery [David Bowker]

RATP London United Scania Omnicity SP40074 - Penrhyn Road, Kingston - 29 Jul 2021 [David Harman]

RATP London United Volvo BL5H / Wright Gemini 3 VH45175 - Claremont Road, Surbiton - 13 Aug 2021 [David Harman]

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