On conversion to RF in 1969, the route operated as follows:
MORDEN STATION, Sutton Common Road, Sutton Garage, Sutton,
Belmont Stn, Tadworth Stn, WALTON ON THE HILL Howard
Close
On 15 April 2007, the full route will operate. See the
timetable.
Main boarding points
Sutton Green, Sutton, Belmont
Station.
As one-man operation took
hold, a number of London Transport's RT routes were converted to RF
operation. Two early examples were the 80 and 80A
in 1969, reintroducing RFs to Sutton garage after a gap of six
years. Sutton's RF era came to an end in 1976 when the
routes was converted to Bristol BL operation. Here, a
tired-looking RF458 is seen opposite Morden Station in 1976, just
before conversion. This one-man bus is not the bus the
conductress with the Gibson is waiting for.
Photo © Busphotos
1976
Running from Tooting Broadway as an RT route after the war,
the northern section of the 80A reverted to its original
pre-war terminus at Morden Station on conversion to
driver-only RF operation in 1969. One of the routes
that 'disappeared off the map', the 80A served the
picturesque Surrey village of Walton-on-the-Hill until
1982. The route was converted from RF to Bristol BL in
1976.
Full details of the history of the 80 and 80
A are
given
here.
BL10 represents the new order in July
1977. Thanks to Rob Telford for identifying the location
as the terminus opposite Belmont station, before it was reworked at
the end of the 80s. He has heard tell that the cafe featured
as a location in Antinioni's 1966 film, Blow Up.
Photo Ian Armstrong collection
