London Buses route 468
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| 468 | |
| Service | |
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| Start | Elephant & Castle |
| End | South Croydon |
| Via | Camberwell Herne Hill Norwood Thornton Heath |
| Frequency | About every 6-8 minutes |
| Length | 12 miles (19 km) |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Go-Ahead London |
| Garage | Camberwell |
| Vehicle(s) | Wright Gemini 2 Volvo B7TL 10m/Wright Eclipse Gemini Volvo B7TL 10m/Plaxton President |
| PVR † | 25 |
| † peak vehicle requirement | |
| Transport for London • Performance |
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London Buses route 468 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Go-Ahead London.
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History
The 468 is one of London's longer routes, operating between Elephant & Castle and South Croydon. The number reflects the fact that it parallels route 68 for a substantial part of its length, and it was once the southern section of that route. When the 68 was split on 12 March 1994, the number chosen for the southern section was 68A, but London Transport's systematic elimination of suffix letters saw this altered to 468 when a new contract started in 27 April 1999. Several routes in the Croydon area are numbered in the 4XX series, a legacy from the Country Bus numbering policy, and this therefore fits in neatly enough.
As an aside, the 468 number had previously been used for a route in the Chessington area, which was quietly renumbered to 568 as a Surrey County Council route. Later, the 568 was withdrawn, but the 468 number being unavailable, the replacement has had to be numbered 467.
Following a completely uneventful 7 year contract that did not even see any timetable changes, the 468 was put out to tender, along with routes 68, N68 and X68. It came as quite a shock to Arriva to lose the whole lot to London Central, representing over 50 buses worth of work. London Central has surprisingly been able to accommodate all the routes at its Camberwell garage with minimal effect on other routes, and a large batch of new Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs was obtained. Until recently all the WVL class buses were London General based, but a few moved into Camberwell at the start of 2006 to give drivers there plenty of time for type training prior to their mass introduction on the 68 group.
Current Route
7th September 2008 crash
A route 468 bus traveling from South Croydon to Elephant and Castle was involved in a collision with a tram in central Croydon, killing one man and injuring six.[1]
See also
- List of bus routes in London
- Go-Ahead London
- London Buses route 68
- London Buses route N68
- London Buses route X68
References
- ^ "Man killed in bus and tram crash". BBC news. 2008-09-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7602748.stm.
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