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Route 166

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Route Information
Operator Arriva London South
Garage South Croydon (TC)
PVR 8
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart 10.2 & 10.8m (ENL/ENX)
Start Banstead
Epsom Hospital
End West Croydon
Frequency every 20 minutes
Service 05:40 – 01:05
Length 16km - 26km

Route History

7th April 1948 - Route introduced between Chipstead Valley and Thornton Heath Pond

21st February 1951 - Extended to Streatham Common

22nd October 1952 - Cut back to Thornton Heath High Street, Withdrawn section replaced by revised 130

31st October 1970 - Converted to single deck rerouted from East Croydon to Shirley and new terminus at Beckenham Junction

Between the 6th January 1973 and 14th May 1988 the route changed from Double deck to Single Deck back to Double Deck.

6th January 1990 - Route cut back to Shirley, routing mainly replaced by route 366

14th March 1992 - Operations changed to run out of Bromley (TB) garage by Selkent

8th November 1997 - Operations changed to run out Croydon (TC) garage by Arriva London

29th August 1998 - Route cut back to Croydon Town Centre, extended to West Croydon (Hogarth Crescent) and extended from Chipstead Valley to Epsom, Langley Vale (Mon - Sat only), Shirley route replaced by route 466

26th September 1998 - Route converted to Single Decker with Plaxton Pointer 1s

29th April 2000 - Route changed to terminate at West Croydon Bus Station

2nd September 2000 - Route cut from Langley Vale to Epsom General Hospital

1st September 2001 - One journey diverted to run via The Beacon School

30th September 2008 - Brand new Enviro 200s introduced

2nd March 2024 - Rerouted between South Croydon (Swan & Sugar Loaf) and Purley Tesco via Pampisford road to replace route 455