London Buses route 4
Appearance
4 | |
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![]() A Metroline Volvo B5LH on route 4 along Queen Victoria Street in 2022. | |
Overview | |
Operator | Metroline[1] |
Garage | Holloway (HT) |
Vehicle | Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 |
Route | |
Start | Archway station |
Via | Tufnell Park Finsbury Park Angel St Paul's |
End | Blackfriars |
London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus route in London, England. It runs between Archway and Blackfriars and is operated by Metroline.
History
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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 DelGro Corporation.[3]
In April 2019, TfL announced that route 4 would be shortened between Waterloo and New Change and extended to Blackfriars via Queen Victoria Street instead, with the change scheduled to take effect in June of that year.[4]
Current route
Route 4 operates via these primary locations:[5]
- Archway station
- Whittington Hospital
- Tufnell Park station
- Holloway Road Nags Head
- Finsbury Park station
- Highbury & Islington station
- Angel station
- Barbican station
- St Paul's station
- St Paul's Churchyard
- Millennium Bridge
- Blackfriars
References
- ^ "Who runs your bus". Transport for London. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 100. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
- ^ "History". Metroline. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Munro, Vicky (16 April 2019). "The London bus routes TfL has decided to scrap". MyLondon. Reach plc. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "4 bus route". Transport for London. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
External links
Media related to London Buses route 4 at Wikimedia Commons