London Buses route 4
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Overview | |
Operator | Metroline[1] |
Garage | Holloway |
Predecessors | Route 4A |
Route | |
Start | Archway station |
Via | Holloway Finsbury Park Islington St Paul's Cathedral |
End | Blackfriars station |
Service | |
Level | Daily |
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
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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 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In April 2019, Transport for London announced that route 4 would be withdrawn between Waterloo station and St Paul's station and extended to Blackfriars station via Queen Victoria Street instead, with the change taking effect in June of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]
- Archway station
- Whittington Hospital
- Tufnell Park
- Holloway
- Finsbury Park station
- Highbury Barn
- Highbury Corner
- Islington Green
- Islington
- Angel
- Barbican station
- London Wall
- St Paul's station
- Blackfriars station
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Route 4 Map Transport for London
External links
[edit] Media related to London Buses route 4 at Wikimedia Commons