Route 44 used to go along York road, Wandsworth-London Bridge about that time. the 295 was "local" as it came over Wandsworth Bridge, left along York road then right up one of the roads that went under the railway to Clapham Junction, but that went to DMS operation very early on. I'm not sure when the 44 went over to 'box bus" operation.

Maybe look on Ian Armstrong's bus route website for details? He lists all bus routes and changes, allocations etc.

My bus number (if any): RML2532

Just checked Ian's site, the 44 went from Rt to DMS operation in 1972, the 295 went from RM to DMS around the same time.

Maybe what you heard were the Sightseeing tour RMs that came out of Wandsworth Garage? They used to go along York Road to get to Mictoria. there was also the Maybury's RM sightseeing fleet based down Garratt Lane, they would also use York Road.

My bus number (if any): RML2532

I agree with Roy Gould, only bus routes on that road were never Routemaster operated, both 44 and 170 went straight from RTs to DMS operation and the 295, extended along York Road in 1975 used DMSs also.

By 1991 WD was the Sightseeing base and would have used RMs RCLs etc, but would not have used the stop.....

My bus number (if any): RTL 960, RMC 1458, RM 1585 and several RTs

Thanks for the replies so far. Having had a ponder I am left with what are categorical facts, location and Routmasters, and what is less certain - the exact time frame and which vehicle I was driving. The vehicle is really irrelevant, I was there some time during my period of employment with the company which I can fix to a few months.

Having had another trawl through Ian's website and related it to one of Matthew Wharmby's most helpful books which gives dates for RM route withdrawals, I can see only one possible scenario that fits. It is a long shot but I suppose possible that if there was some reason buses could not use Wandsworth Bridge, then Route 28 which was RM operated at the time may well have diverted along York rd.

Can't find anything about Wandsworth bridge being closed or buses diverted, but i'd have thought they would have gone over Putney Bridge rather than Battersea Bridge if that had happened.

There were massive diversions in Putney when RMs were running on the 28 due to a water main burst or replacement at the junction of Putney Bridge road and Putney High street with some buses diverted over Wandsworth bridge, others Hammersmith bridge.

Only other possibility was you heard the RLST buses that were ex Northern General RMLs provided by Obsolete Fleet and Ted Brakell going up to Victoria.

My bus number (if any): RTL 960, RMC 1458, RM 1585 and several RTs

Could this have been around the time that Battersea Bridge was shut after being rammed by a barge? I don't mean the 2005 ramming, there was definitely one in the very late 80's/early 90's which could have meant the 19 being diverted over Wandsworth Bridge. Anyone with a LOTS mag collection could probably help as I seem to remember the diversion/curtailment alteraions changing monthly.

Steve

My bus number (if any): Nil

That could make sense as both garages that supplied the 19`s had Leylands. Neither garage that worked the 28`s did. But it would need to be well before 1991 as Leyland RM`s had gone by then.

A quick internet search reveals this information on the matter of the 2005 Battersea Bridge jobby, the equivalent of taking a decker under a low bridge! No information online about any other bridge collision.
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2000361.Bridge_crash_barge_captain_cleared/

My bus number (if any): RML2532