London Buses route 466

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466
Caterham on the Hill
Service
LevelDaily

London Buses route 466 is a

Caterham on the Hill, it is operated by Arriva London
.

History

Arriva London MCW Metrobus at Addington Village Interchange in May 2000

Route 466 commenced on 29 August 1998 between

Croydon garage with Leyland Olympians and MCW Metrobuses.[1]

On 20 May 2000 the route was extended to

Scania OmniDekka's, moving to Croydon in early 2006.[1][2]

On next being tendered it returned to Arriva London's Croydon garage on 30 August 2008 with new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were introduced.[3] Arriva have retained it in subsequent tenders commencing in August 2013 and August 2020.[4][5][6]

Electrical problems on the vehicles led to reliability issues.[7] In October 2008 the route was criticised for seeing too many southbound journeys turn short at Old Coulsdon.[8] Residents began a petition to improve reliability on the route, receiving around 700 signatures by December 2008.[9] On 17 January 2009, Arriva introduced extra vehicles to the 466 to allow longer layovers and reduce the need to turn journeys short.[10]

Current route

Route 466 operates via these primary locations:[11]

References

  1. ^ a b The London Bus. Vol. 5. Key Publishing. 2018. p. 27.
  2. ^ Company History Metrobus
  3. ^ Bus tender results Route 466 Transport for London 20 December 2007
  4. Bus Talk
    issue 21 April 2013 page 5
  5. ^ London bus contract changes announced Coach & Bus Week issue 1420 19 November 2019 page 10
  6. ^ More electric double-deckers Buses issue 778 January 2020 page 20
  7. ^ Hill, Jolene (2008-09-12). ""Shambolic" bus service is slammed by drivers and passengers". This is Croydon. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  8. ^ "Controversy over Croydon bus route continues". This is Croydon. 2008-09-01. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  9. ^ Angry bus passengers demand action on troubled 466 route This is Surrey Today
  10. Croydon Advertiser
  11. ^ Route 466 Map Transport for London

External links

Media related to London Buses route 466 at Wikimedia Commons

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