Routes operated - 1979 to 1982

1979 was the beginning of the end as new Metrobuses, Titans and Nationals, as well as some SMSs, were used as replacements. The first DMS was in the scrapyard before the last RT had been taken out of service!
The tables below show the route conversions that involved the DMS and DM classes from 1979 onwards. Unless otherwise stated, all DMS allocations are omo and all DM allocations are crew.

1979

Route	Garage	Dates operated	Notes
270	FW	19-3-79	DMS to M
285	FW	19-3-79 - 12-4-79	progressive DMS to M M-S
44	SW	31-3-79	new DMS allocation
67	AR	31-3-79	new DMS allocation Sunday only
106	AR	31-3-79	DMS to RM
106	H	31-3-79	DMS to RM
164	A	31-3-79	RM to DMS
181	AL	31-3-79	new DMS allocation, SW allocation withdrawn
181A	SW	31-3-79	withdrawn
224B	UX	31-3-79	renumbered 224
232A	HW	31-3-79	renumbered 232
296	FY	31-3-79	new DMS route
90B	FW	12-4-79 - 25-5-79	progressive DMS to M
281	FW	13-4-79	DMS to M Sunday only
3	CF	22-4-79	DM to RM/RML Sun
18	SE	22-4-79	RML to DM M-S
24	CF	22-4-79	DM to RML
253	HT	22-4-79	DM to RM Sunday only
266	SE	22-4-79	RML to DM Sunday only
18	ON	13-5-79	RM to crew DMS Sunday
132	BX	23-5-79 - 1-9-79	SM used to cover for DMS
267	FW	25-5-79 - 16-6-79	progressive DMS to M
173	PR	25-5-79	DMS to LS
244	MH	25-5-79	DMS to LS
273	HW	27-5-79	SMS to DMS Sunday only
107A	E	30-6-79	renumbered 107
213A	NB	16-7-79 - 29-7-79	progressive DMS to M
195	HW	29-7-79	SMS to DMS Sunday only
131	NB	29-7-79 - 27-9-79	progressive DMS to M
285	NB	29-7-79	DMS to M Sunday
92	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M
120	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M
195	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M Sunday
232	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M
273	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M Sunday
274	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M
282	HW	17-9-79 - 19-12-79	progressive DMS to M
296	FY	29-9-79	withdrawn
61	TB	30-9-79	DMS to LS
262	WH	14-10-79	DM to RM M-S, still DMS Sun
126	TB	21-10-79	DMS to LS
138	TB	21-10-79	DMS to LS
101	U	28-10-79	DM to RM/RML
80	A	4-11-79	BL to DMS Sunday only
80A	A	4-11-79	BL to DMS
66	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T conversion
66B	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T
103	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T
139	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T
175	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-809	progressive DMS to T Sunday
247A	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T
294	NS	5-11-79 - 20-7-80	progressive DMS to T
224	UX	10-11-79	DMS to SMS
84	PB	17-11-79	DMS to SMS
299	PB	17-11-79	DMS to SMS
42	Q	24-11-79	DMS to SMS
239	HT	3-12-79	DMS to LS
N97	V	18-12-79	DMS to M
91	V	19-12-79	DMS to M
267	V	19-12-79	DMS to M

1980

Route	Garage	Dates operated	Notes
18	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive crew DMS to crew M Sunday
79	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M
79A	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M
83	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M Sunday
92	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M Monday to Saturday
182	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M Monday to Saturday
297	ON	24-1-80 - 24-7-80	progressive DMS to M
143	AE	10-2-80 - 15-6-80	progressive DMS to M
183	AE	10-2-80 - 15-6-80	progressive DMS to M
78	PM	24-2-80	DMS to MD
N85	PM	24-2-80	DMS to MD
N86	PM	24-2-80	DMS to MD
99	AM	27-4-80	DMS to MD
122A	AM	27-4-80	DMS to MD
139	NS	17-5-80	DMS/T allocation withdrawn
139	AP	17-5-80	new DMS allocation
N98	BK	17-5-80	BK crew DMS allocation replaced by NS crew T
16	W	24-5-80	DM/crew M to RML
16A	W	24-5-80	DM/crew M to RML
N94	W	24-5-80	DM/crew M to crew M
23	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T Sunday
145	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
148	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
156	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
169	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
179	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
199	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to T
N95	BK	1-6-80 - 31-7-80	progressive crew DMS to crew T
18	SE	1-6-80 - 19-6-80	progressive DM to crew M
226	AC	1-6-80	DMS to M
266	SE	2-6-80	DM to crew M Sunday
56	PR	21-6-80	new DMS route
129	AP	1-7-80 - 15-8-80	progressive DMS to T
139	AP	1-7-80 - 15-8-80	progressive DMS to T
148	AP	1-7-80 - 15-8-80	progressive DMS to T Sunday
150	AP	1-7-80 - 15-8-80	progressive DMS to T
32	W	6-7-80 - 10-7-80	progressive DMS to M
245	W	6-7-80 - 10-7-80	progressive DMS to M
42	Q	14-7-80	SMS to DMS Monday to Saturday, still DMS Sunday
115	TH	20-7-80 - 27-7-80	progressive SMS to DMS
616	W	21-7-80 - 31-7-80	progressive DMS to M
149	SF	10-8-80	DM to RCL
N83	SF	10-8-80	DM to crew DMS but still RML operated
207	HL	17-8-80 - 31-10-80	progressive DM to RM/RML
137A	B	21-9-80	one day only DMS route
53	NX	27-9-80	crew MD to DM/crew MD
84	PB	27-9-80	SMS to DMS
121	AD	27-9-80	E DMS allocation replaced by new AD DMS allocation
125	FY	27-9-80 - 20-10-80	progressive DMS to M
135	E	27-9-80	RM to DMS Monday to Saturday, already DMS on Sunday
149	EM	27-9-80 - 12-11-80	progressive DM to RCL
152A	AL	27-9-80	new DMS route
178	AW	27-9-80	new DMS route
192	NX	27-9-80	NX DMS allocation replaced by AM MD allocation
224	UX	27-9-80 - 12-1-81	progressive SMS to DMS
261	AD	27-9-80	route withdrawn
263	FY	27-9-80 - 20-10-80	progressive DMS to M
283	EM	27-9-80	route withdrawn
298	PB	27-9-80	new DMS allocation replacing AD RM allocation
298	WN	27-9-80	new DMS allocation replacing AD RM allocation
C1	TC	27-9-80	route withdrawn
C5	TC	27-9-80	officially withdrawn, not operated since 11/78
W4	WN	27-9-80	route withdrawn
207	UX	20-10-80 - 15-11-80	progressive DM to RM
292	EW	22-10-80 - 7-11-80	progressive DMS to M
221	FY	1-11-80 - 7-11-80	progressive DMS to M
168	WD	15-12-80	DM to RM Monday to Friday, still DMS Saturday
168	SW	15-12-80	DM to RM
N68	WD	15-12-80	DM to RM
N68	SW	15-12-80	DM to RM but still DM operated
N81	SW	15-12-80	DM to RM but still DM operated
N87	SW	15-12-80	DM to RM but still DM operated, BN n/c
N88	WD	15-12-80	DM to RM

1981

Route	Garage	Dates operated	Notes
E1	HL	17-1-81 - 23-11-81	progressive DMS to M
E2	HL	17-1-81 - 23-11-81	progressive DMS to M
53	NX	23-1-81 - 26-2-81	progressive MD/DM to RM
4	HT	31-1-81	DM to RM
55	T	31-1-81	DMS to RM
72	S	31-1-81	RM to DMS
97	WW	31-1-81	new DMS route
97A	WW	31-1-81	new DMS route
158	WW	31-1-81	new DMS route
177	AW	31-1-81	DMS to MD
178	AW	31-1-81	DMS to MD
198	AW	31-1-81	DMS to MD
212	WW	31-1-81	new DMS route
220	WD	31-1-81	new DMS allocation
272	AW	31-1-81	DMS to MD
W21	WW	31-1-81	route withdrawn
N82	NX	31-1-81	MD to DM
N96	T	31-1-81	DMS to LS
Inter Station Night Service	NX	31-1-81	MD to DM
194	ED	22-2-81	DMS to LS Sunday only
12	WL	21-3-81	DM to RM
45	WL	21-3-81	DM to RM
23	U	9-4-81	Commencement of progressive DMS to T
147	U	9-4-81 - 4-6-82	progressive DMS to T
162	U	9-4-81 - 4-6-82	progressive DMS to T
238	U	9-4-81 - 4-6-82	progressive DMS to T
5	PR	25-4-81	DMS allocation withdrawn
5	WH	25-4-81	DMS to RM Monday to Saturday
5	U	25-4-81	new Sunday DMS/T allocation, fully T by 4-6-82
23	U	25-4-81	Sunday DMS/T allocation withdrawn
40	Q	25-4-81	DM to RM Saturday and Sunday
45	HT	25-4-81	DM to RM
58	WH	25-4-81	RM to DMS Sunday only
77B	AL	25-4-81	new DMS route
80	A	25-4-81	BL to DMS Monday to Saturday, already DMS Sundays
85A	AF	25-4-81	route withdrawn
104	HT	25-4-81	DM to RM/RML Saturday and Sunday
115	TH	25-4-81	route withdrawn
127	AL	25-4-81	new DMS route
154	TC	25-4-81	TC DMS allocation withdrawn
168	SW	25-4-81	route withdrawn
168	WD	25-4-81	route withdrawn
168A	HT	25-4-81	RM to DMS
170	SW	25-4-81	new DMS allocation
172	HT	25-4-81	DM to RM
181	AL	25-4-81	route withdrawn
214	HT	25-4-81	DM to DMS
233	TC	25-4-81	route withdrawn
254	A	25-4-81	new DMS route
262	WH	25-4-81	RM to DMS Monday to Saturday, already DMS Sunday
264	AF	25-4-81	new DMS route
293	A	25-4-81	new DMS allocation
N92	HT	25-4-81	DM to RML
N93	HT	25-4-81	DM to RML
W2	WN	4-6-81 - 15-8-81	progressive DMS to M
W3	WN	4-6-81 - 15-8-81	progressive DMS to M
W7	MH	11-6-81 - 15-8-81	progressive DMS to M
222	UX	15-7-81 - 10-9-81	progressive DMS to M
223	UX	15-7-81 - 10-9-81	progressive DMS to M
224	UX	15-7-81 - 10-9-81	progressive DMS to M
18	X	15-8-81	RM to DM, SE n/c
18A	X	15-8-81	RM to DM
109	BN	15-8-81	DM to RM
112	SE	15-8-81	DMS to M
133	BN	15-8-81	DM to RM
N87	BN	15-8-81	DM to crew DMS
7	X	31-8-81	RM to DM Sunday only
34	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
97	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
97A	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
123	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
144	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
158	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
212	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
275	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
276	WW	15-9-81 - 21-1-82	progressive DMS to T
34	AD	19-9-81 - 17-11-81	progressive DMS to M
121	AD	19-9-81 - 17-11-81	progressive DMS to M
144	WN	19-9-81 - 20-11-81	progressive DMS to M
221	WN	19-9-81 - 20-11-81	progressive DMS to M
298	WN	19-9-81 - 20-11-81	progressive DMS to M
7	X	4-10-81	DM to RM Sunday only
152A	AL	31-10-81	route withdrawn
184	NX	31-10-81	new DMS allocation
239	HT	31-10-81	LS to DMS
84	PB	19-11-81 - 19-1-82	progressive DMS to T
242	PB	19-11-81 - 19-1-82	progressive DMS to T
298	PB	19-11-81 - 19-1-82	progressive DMS to T
107	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T
135	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T
191	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T
217	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T
217B	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T
231	E	30-12-81 - 22-3-82	progressive DMS to T

1982

Route	Garage	Dates operated	Notes
20	L	26-1-82 - 19-3-82	progressive DMS to T
20A	L	26-1-82 - 19-3-82	progressive DMS to T
167	L	26-1-82 - 19-3-82	progressive DMS to T
262	WH	21-2-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T
191	EM	24-3-82 - 29-4-82	progressive DMS to M
259	EM	24-3-82 - 29-4-82	progressive DMS to M
241	WH	25-3-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T
238	WH	3-4-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T Saturday
278	WH	3-4-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T
58	WH	4-4-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T Sunday
141	NX	8-4-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DM to RM
141	WN	8-4-82 - 17-6-82	progressive DM to RM
W8	EM	9-4-82 - 24-6-82	progressive DMS to M
137A	B	11-4-82	one day only DMS route
56	PR	18-4-82 - 3-8-82	progressive DMS to T
277	PR	18-4-82 - 3-8-82	progressive DMS to T
N84	PR	18-4-82 - 3-8-82	progressive DMS to T
80A	A	24-4-82	route withdrawn
280A	A	24-4-82	route withdrawn
293	AL	24-4-82	allocation withdrawn
67	SF	3-6-82 - 22-6-82	progressive DMS to M
N83	SF	3-6-82 - 22-6-82	progressive DMS to M
172	Q	4-6-82 - 7-6-82	progressive DM to RM
67	AR	17-6-82 - 28-6-82	progressive DMS to M
259	AR	17-6-82 - 28-6-82	progressive DMS to M
10	BW	22-7-82 - 4-9-82	progressive DMS to T
42	Q	26-7-82 - 30-9-82	progressive DMS to T
188	Q	26-7-82 - 30-9-82	progressive DMS to T
22A	CT	12-8-82 - 21-9-82	progressive DMS to T
277	CT	12-8-82 - 21-9-82	progressive DMS to T
18A	X	4-9-82	route withdrawn
43	MH	4-9-82	DM to RM
93	A	4-9-82	RM to DM
99	BX	4-9-82	new DMS Sunday allocation
104	HT	4-9-82	RM to DMS
109	TH	4-9-82	DM to RM
122A	BX	4-9-82	MD to DMS
127	AL	4-9-82	DMS to LS
130	TC	4-9-82	DM to DMS
130B	TC	4-9-82	DM to DMS M-S, already DMS Sunday
134	MH	4-9-82	DM to RM
134	PB	4-9-82	DM to RM
135	E	4-9-82	route withdrawn
152	AL	4-9-82	DMS to LS
157	A	4-9-82	new DMS allocation
160A	TL	4-9-82	new DMS route
168A	HT	4-9-82	route withdrawn
170	WD	4-9-82	allocation withdrawn
188	NX	4-9-82	new DMS allocation
189	AL	4-9-82	DMS to LS
229	SP	4-9-82	RM to DMS
234B	TC	4-9-82	route withdrawn
239	HT	4-9-82	route withdrawn
249	AL	4-9-82	allocation withdrawn
254	A	4-9-82	route withdrawn
C3	TC	4-9-82	route withdrawn
C4	TC	4-9-82	route withdrawn
N68	WD	4-9-82	RM to crew DMS
N88	WD	4-9-82	RM to crew DMS
S1	WH	4-9-82	DMS to T
184	WL	16-9-82 - 18-10-82	progressive DMS to T
185	WL	16-9-82 - 18-10-82	progressive DMS to T
21A	SP	1-11-82 - 23-12-82	progressive DMS to T
51	SP	1-11-82 - 23-12-82	progressive DMS to T
228	SP	1-11-82 - 23-12-82	progressive DMS to T
229	SP	1-11-82 - 23-12-82	progressive DMS to T
28	WD	6-11-82	crew D on Saturdays withdrawn

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1979 to 1982
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