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| ! Operator | | ! Operator |
| | London General | | | |
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| ! Garage | | ! Garage |
| | Merton (AL) | | | |
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| ! PVR | | ! PVR |
| | 15 | | | |
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| ! Vehicle | | ! Vehicle |
| | Switch Metrodecker EV<br/>Wrightbus Gemini 3 (Volvo B5LH)<br/>Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 (Volvo B9TL) | | | |
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| ! Start | | ! Start |
| | Mitcham | | | |
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| ! End | | ! End |
| | Raynes Park | | | |
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| ! Frequency | | ! Frequency |
| | every 9 minutes | | | |
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| ! Service | | ! Service |
| | 04:50 – 00:30 | | | |
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| ! Length | | ! Length |
| | 11.9km – 12.2km | | | |
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| =Route History= | | =Route History= |
| '''September 1930,''' the route began as 103, running between Raynes Park and Wimbledon station using K-Type single deckers from Merton (AL) garage with a PVR of 1. | | '''Sunday''' |
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| '''December 1930,''' the route converted to an operation of S-Type single deckers, with the PVR being doubled to 2.
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| '''Summer 1931,''' the route converted to an operation of LTL-Type single deckers.
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| '''October 1934,''' the route was renumbered to 200 due to 200-series numbers being forced upon single deck routes because of London Transport developing a new numbering system with 103 being the first to convert to 200.
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| '''April 1936,''' the route converted to an operation of Q-Type single deckers.
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| '''May 1936,''' the route was extended to serve Copse Hill, with the PVR being doubled to 4.
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| '''Winter 1943,''' the route introduced T-Type single deckers along the already existing Q-Type single deckers, with the PVR being increased to 6.
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| '''1 December 1952,''' the route converted to an operation of RF single deckers.
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| '''3 January 1962,''' the route was cut back to Raynes Park with the part being covered by route 286.
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| '''25 August 1965,''' the route converted to an operation of RT double deckers.
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| '''October 1965,''' the route was extended to serve Kingston on Sunday afternoons.
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| '''31 December 1966,''' the route was extended to serve Mitcham Fair Green via Haydons Road and Phipps Bridge.
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| '''30 January 1971,''' the route converted to an operation of SMS-Type single deckers.
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| '''20 October 1973,''' the route was rerouted to serve Atkinson Morley Hospital.
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