London Buses route 453

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453
	Elephant & Castle; Westminster; Oxford Circus
End	Marylebone station

London Buses route 453 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Deptford Bridge and Marylebone stations, it is operated by Go-Ahead London.

History

Mercedes-Benz O530G Citaro on Westminster Bridge

in June 2009

Route 453 commenced operating on 15 March 2003 as part of a reorganisation of routes in preparation for the introduction of the

Lambeth North station. It was initially operated by Stagecoach London's Plumstead garage with Mercedes-Benz O530G articulated buses. Night route N453 was introduced at the same time.^[2]

Route 453 originally started from the first busy single stop on route 53, at Deptford, outside

Marylebone station. The section north of Oxford Circus was a new service designed to create a new south–west link at Regent's Park station.^[2]

New Routemasters were introduced on 18 October 2014. The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus stops.^[3] On 29 July 2017, the route transferred to New Cross (NX) garage as Mandela Way (MW) garage closed.^{[citation needed]}