London Buses route 103

London Buses route 103 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Stagecoach London.

History
Route 103 commenced operating between Romford Parkside Hotel and Aveley Prince Albert on 3 October 1934. Operating from Hornchurch (RD) garage.

In 1936, the route was extended daily from Dagenham East to Rainham and the journeys to Aveley were withdrawn.

In 1937, the route was extended from Parkside Hotel to Gallows Corner and diverted at Rainham to War Memorial.

In 1940, the route was withdrawn between Pettits Lane and Gallows Corner but was extended from Romford to Pettits Lane on Sundays.

In 1953, the allocation was transferred from Hornchurch (RD) to Romford (NS) garages.

In 1954, RTs were introduced.

In 1956, the route was extended from Eastern Avenue to North Romford.

In 1963, the Monday to Friday peak bifurcation to Hornchurch Garage was introduced. These journeys were withdrawn in 1970.

In 1971, the route was converted to single deck one person operation using Swifts.

In 1975, the route was converted to double deck using Daimler Fleetlines. The Fleetlines were replaced by Leyland Titans.

In 1981, the route was withdrawn between North Romford and Stapleford Abbots this section was replaced by a extending route 175.

In 1990, the route passed to County Bus with Northern Counties bodied Leyland Olympian introduced.

In 1991, the route passed to Grey Green operating from Dagenham Dock (DD) and Stamford Hill (SH) garages.

In 1992, the allocations was transferred from Dagenham Dock (DD) and Stamford Hill (SH) garages to Barking (DX) garage.

In 2000, the route was retained by Arriva London with dual doored Olympians introduced.

In 2005, the route passed to Stagecoach London operating from their Romford (NS) garage with low floor Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Tridents introduced.

On 22 September 2012, the route was extended from Rainham War Memorial to Rainham Interchange.

In October 2012, the route was retained by Stagecoach London with Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s introduced.

In April 2015, part of the allocation was transferred to Rainham garage (RM).

On 27 June 2015, the allocation was transferred to Rainham garage (RM).

Route departing Chase Cross

 * Chase Cross Chase Cross Road
 * Romford
 * Oldchurch Road (for Queen's Hospital)
 * Becontree Heath
 * Dagenham East
 * South Hornchurch
 * Rainham

Route departing Rainham

 * Rainham
 * South Hornchurch
 * Dagenham East
 * Becontree Heath
 * Oldchurch Road (for Queen's Hospital)
 * Romford
 * Chase Cross Chase Cross Road