Country Bus Rallies
updated 26th August 2009


GS2 at Leatherhead, 2003 RF600 at Dorking North Station, 2008

Leatherhead, Sunday 6th September 2009.

Venue: Leatherhead, Randalls Road car park opposite the station. (variously given as Leatherhead Bus Garage or Leatherhead Station on timetables).

The Surrey event moves this year, to Leatherhead instead of Dorking, producing a difference in emphasis some "new" routes, and extensions of familiar ones. For instance the 416 and 422 routes, which previously have occasionally been worked between Leatherhead and Boxhill, will now see a fuller service of GSs and RFs to Boxhill, and a good service of large saloons over the full 416 between Tadworth Station and Esher.

The 462 is also raised from feeder service status this year, with shorts to Fetcham, a roughly hourly service to Cobham and three return runs to Chertsey. For "modern" bus afficionados the 432 will run between Leatherhead and Guildford, while the 468 will run loops via Chessington, Epsom and Ewell.

The 408 features this year, between Epsom and Guildford, with a feeder service from West Croydon.

Central Area operations include pre-booked STL journeys on the 65 from Ealing (free tickets from the CBR stand at Leatherhead on the day are essential), plus returns on the 71 to and from Kingston if we have enough red buses!

GreenLine operations operate over the 712/713 between Dorking and Morden.

Feeder Services

Those that I know about are:

408 West Croydon Station to Leatherhead, RT604


0920 West Croydon Bus Station
0938 Carshalton Windsor Castle
0943 Sutton
0948 Cheam, Station Way
0957 Ewell Green Man
1004 Epsom, Ashley Rd
1013 Ashtead High Street
1020 Leatherhead
Return departs Leatherhead 1715

406/416 East Grinstead & Reigate to Tadworth & Leatherhead, SNB340


0830 East Grinstead Railway Station
0845 Copthorne Dukes Head
0900 Horley Station
0915 Reigate Red Cross
0925 Lower Kingswood, Fox
0935 Tadworth Station
1006 Leatherhead Station
Return departs Leatherhead Station 1700

418/416 Staines to Esher & Leatherhead, MB90


0900 Staines
0920 Shepperton Stn Copthorne Dukes Head
0940 Esher
1000 Leatherhead Station
Return: ask on the day

Please note that feeder services are subject to the same vagaries of fortune as everything else, so have a backup plan.

Programmes

Programmes for the event can be obtained for about a week in advance. They include the expected allocation/running sheet.
Send an A5 SAE with cheque or postal order for £5.50 to:
Country Bus Rallies
19 Hampton Way
East Grinstead
RH19 4SG
Programmes can also be purchased on the day, but buying one in advance will help you plan your day (and is £0.50 cheaper!).

Possession of a programme is not required to use the services.

system map

Passengers travel at their own risk. All services are subject to bus availability.


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