London Buses route 4

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4
Overview
OperatorMetroline[1]
GarageHolloway
PredecessorsRoute 4A
Route
StartArchway station
ViaHolloway
Finsbury Park
Islington
St Paul's Cathedral
EndBlackfriars station
Service
LevelDaily

London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Archway and Blackfriars stations, it is operated by Metroline.

History[edit]

A Metroline Volvo Olympian double-decker on route 43 on the Strand, 2005

On 25 September 1993, the contract for route 4 was won by London Suburban Bus, who operated the route with Leyland Titans.[2]

On 27 April 1995, route 4 was included in the sale of London Suburban Bus to Metroline[2] and in March 2000 to ComfortDelGro.[3]

In April 2019, Transport for London announced that route 4 would be withdrawn between Waterloo station and St Paul's station and extended to Blackfriars station via Queen Victoria Street instead, with the change taking effect in June of that year.[4]

Current route[edit]

Route 4 operates via these primary locations:[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Who runs your bus". Transport for London. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 100. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
  3. ^ "History". Metroline. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ Munro, Vicky (16 April 2019). "The London bus routes TfL has decided to scrap". MyLondon. Reach plc. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ Route 4 Map Transport for London

External links[edit]

Media related to London Buses route 4 at Wikimedia Commons