The 169 is a well established route, a replacement for the 691 trolleybus (and 91 tram before that), linking Barking and Ilford to Barkingside, but round the back way via Ley Street and Horns Road. The 169 also serves Fulwell Avenue in Barkingside, and for a time served the Thames View Estate near Barking. The latter was in replacement for part of the 179, but has itself been replaced by a new route, 369.

Following a period of single deck operation using unusual Optare Delta buses (on the DAF SB220 chassis) the 169 has now reverted to double deck operation. Nothing remarkable about the new buses, which are Stagecoach standard long wheelbase Dennis Tridents with Alexander ALX400 bodywork. Here TA365 (Y365 NHK) is in Ilford on 3 August 2001, displaying the new Stagecoach livery mentioned on the route 60 page. This is already the fourth large order for Tridents from Stagecoach, which before long will have ousted all other double deck types other than the Routemaster from its London fleets.

Photo by John Gillespie.

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See also routes 179, 369