Route 55 Trivia
Route 55 has been converted to one-person operation on three occasions, more than any other London bus route being crew operated from 1969-71, 1981-87, 2001-03.
Unusually for a London bus route, the current 55 has terminated at three different main railway termini, Marylebone (1969–1971); Waterloo (1978–1981) and Victoria (1981–1987).
The last DMS type vehicle to work in service on this route was DMS 2234 which arrived at Leyton Garage, early on the morning of 31 January 1981 after completing the last journey from Aldwych to Leyton Green.
For many years, the first bus of the day on Sunday, which left the garage at 03:05, was the earliest Sunday morning "daytime" journey operated in London.
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