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RLH 57 ROUTE 178 23 FEB 1971
Route 178 threaded an area of east London heavily bombed in the 1939-45 conflict, from Clapton Pond to Maryland station. Low bridges en route brought a fleet of one dozen low height double deck RLH class to Dalston garage. However, the route had been operated by single deck types (as route 208A) prior to 1959, and after just twelve years’ RLH operation, the route was renumbered again and reverted to single deck route S3. Route 178 had the distinction of being London Transport’s last RLH operated route.
RLH 57 is depicted a couple of months before conversion, in a derelict Hackney landscape totally unrecognisable today.
RLH 57 ROUTE 178 23 FEB 1971
Route 178 threaded an area of east London heavily bombed in the 1939-45 conflict, from Clapton Pond to Maryland station. Low bridges en route brought a fleet of one dozen low height double deck RLH class to Dalston garage. However, the route had been operated by single deck types (as route 208A) prior to 1959, and after just twelve years’ RLH operation, the route was renumbered again and reverted to single deck route S3. Route 178 had the distinction of being London Transport’s last RLH operated route.
RLH 57 is depicted a couple of months before conversion, in a derelict Hackney landscape totally unrecognisable today.