“Q” Plates

This plate is likely to have come from Edgware Road where routes 6 and 8 diverge for Kensal Rise and Willesden respectively. The main central London trunk routes were of course the mainstay of Routemasters for much of their last 30 years.

I think this plate is likely to have come from Ladbroke Grove Station where route 15 would be turning off for Acton with the other routes continuing.

This “Q” plate is from a bus stop (likely on the “up” side of the road) at Lewisham Clock Tower from many years ago, with two central routes sharing the stop with three long Green Line services. Quite a rare piece!

This plate would probably have come from a stop in Footscray Road, New Eltham, where these routes all ran. The 61 was Eltham to Bromley and the 21 was Moorgate to Sidcup, although it now runs only as far as Lewisham. The 21A ran from Eltham to Swanley, and is now covered mainly by route 233.

This plate would likely have come from a stop in Grange Road, Bermondsey, which is the only section of road which was served by just these two routes.

This plate would have come from a stop in Eltham, where these routes all ran. The 228 was Eltham to Chislehurst, and has long since disappeared, as has the B1 which ran from Eltham to Bromley, and is now part of route 314. The 132 still runs from Eltham to Bexleyheath. This plate is particularly nice as two of the three routes are just memories now.

This plate would have come from a stop in the Brentford area where these routes once met.

This unusual two-colour plate was sold for £369 on ebay in early 2006.