Enamel Bus Stop 'e' Plate - 213 Weekday Fare Stage

An enamel bus stop 'e' plate for '213 Weekday Fare Stage' in black lettering on a white background. It is in excellent condition with just one minor edge chip (visible in the picture).

Route 213 ran from daily Kingston Station to Belmont via Norbiton (Coombe Lane), Traps Lane, New Malden, Worcester Park, North Cheam, Cheam Village, Sutton and Carshalton Beeches. It was operated by a combination of single-deck T and LTL types from Sutton [A], Kingston [K] and Norbiton [NB] garages, with a couple of Qs on Saturday from 1950 to 1952. RFs appeared in 1953, and had taken over the whole service by 1955. In 1962 the route was diverted at Norbiton via Kingston Hill and Galsworthy Road in order to serve Kingston Hospital. Also, the Monday to Saturday service was withdrawn between Sutton and Belmont, and replaced by route 151. The route now ran daily from Kingston to Sutton Garage via Norbiton, Kingston Hill, Gloucester Road, Coombe Lane, New Malden, Worcester Park, North Cheam, Cheam and Sutton, with a Sunday extension to Belmont via Carshalton Beeches. In 1963 the service was converted to RT after the road was lowered at Worcester Park, and the Sunday extension from Sutton to Belmont was replaced by new route 213A. However, just 16 months later the Sunday service to Belmont was reintroduced. In 1969 the 213 was withdrawn on Sundays, with the 213A extended from Sutton to Belmont to compensate. In 1970 Monday to Friday peak hour journeys were extended from Sutton to Belmont. In 1972 the route was converted to one-man operation using DMSs. In 1978 the 213 was reduced to a token service running Monday to Saturday midday only from Kingston to New Malden (Post Office), but was withdrawn after only six months, leaving the northern part of Traps Lane unserved. The remainder of the 213 was covered by routes 57 and 213A

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