Russell Hill Road, Purley, Surrey: 1981
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Russell Hill Road, Purley, Surrey: 1981
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 13 Jun 1981
This is effectively the southern end of the Purley Way bypass, where southbound traffic has to re-join the older Brighton Road. It has been a one-way road here for many years, with northbound traffic following other roads. The BN-class single-deck bus is on Route 234A, which ran for many years to a terminus about a mile up the narrow Old Lodge Lane. Single-deck vehicles were necessary owing to a low railway bridge on this lane. There is still a bus route to that terminus, but it is now Route 455 and the northern end is quite different.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.338358
Longitude
-0.11788