London Buses route 4

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Metroline MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B5LH at Archway station
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

A Metroline Volvo Olympian double-decker on route 43 on the Strand, 2005

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In April 2019, Transport for London announced that route 4 would be withdrawn between Waterloo station and St Paul's station and extended to Blackfriars station via Queen Victoria Street instead, with the change taking effect in June of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

Route 4 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

• Archway station
• Whittington Hospital
• Tufnell Park station
• Holloway Nag's Head
• Finsbury Park station
• Highbury
• Islington
• Angel station
• Barbican station
• St Paul's station
• Blackfriars station

References

1. "Who runs your bus". Transport for London. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 100. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
3. "History". Metroline. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. Munro, Vicky (16 April 2019). "The London bus routes TfL has decided to scrap". MyLondon. Reach plc. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. Route 4 Map Transport for London

External links

Media related to London Buses route 4 at Wikimedia Commons