London Buses route 384

Infobox London Bus
number=384


operator=Metroline
length= 7 miles (11 km)
time= 30-40 minutes
garage=Potters Bar (PB)
start=Cockfosters Station
end=Barnet "Quinta Drive"
via=Bevan Estate
Westbrook Estate
New Barnet
level=Daily
frequency=About every 15 minutes (30 minutes evenings and Sundays)
night=No night service
vehicle=Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capital
Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander Dennis Pointer
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart
pvr=8
day=5:50am until midnight
ibus=yes

London Buses route 384 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to Metroline and serves the areas of High Barnet, New Barnet and Cockfosters in north London.

History

Route 384 began on 21 April 1990, largely running along previously unserved roads. The route starts at Cockfosters Station, northern terminus of the Piccadilly Line, then running via Mount Pleasant, territory previously quite a walk from a bus route. Buses then run through the shops and station at New Barnet, before heading south again to serve the Lyonsdown and Barnet Vale areas and then climbing to High Barnet, where a new terminus was established at the rear of The Spires shopping centre. A couple of MCW Metroriders were drafted into Potters Bar garage to run the service.

The Metroriders were replaced by new MW class Wright bodied Mercedes minibuses from April 1993. Contract renewal in July 1998 saw the route extended over the western leg of short route 385, via Wellhouse Lane and Whitings Road to Quinta Drive, and buses terminate by going round this triangle at the junction with Aitken Road.

The route connects each of several key destinations: Barnet General Hospital, the Spires Shopping Centre (Barnet), High Barnet tube station, New Barnet railway station, Westbrook Crescent and Cockfosters tube station. This route is very useful for residents of the areas around Quinta Drive, Alston Road/The Avenue, Westbrook Crescent and Mount Pleasant, who would otherwise have to walk a long distance to their nearest bus service.

Current route

The 384 operates as a hail and ride service along these sections of the route: (Cockfosters Road to Crescent Road; New Barnet railway station to Gloucester Road; Strafford Road to Wood Street; Barnet General Hospital A&E/ Wellhouse Lane to Aitken Road/Quinta Drive).

Route departing Cockfosters

* Cockfosters Station
* Cockfosters Road
* Mount Pleasant
* Bevan Estate
* Grove Road
* Northfield Road
* Castlewood Road
* Fordham Road
* Baring Road
* Westbrook Crescent
* Westbrook Estate
* Lawton Road
* Baring Road
* Park Road
* Crescent Road
* Brookhill Road
* East Barnet Road
* Station Road
* Station Approach
* New Barnet Station
* York Road
* Longmore Avenue
* Lyonsdown Road
* Gloucester Road
* Station Road
* Barnet Hill
* High Barnet Station
* Barnet Hill
* Barnet "High Street"
* Barnet "Spires Shopping Centre"
* St Albans Road
* Stapylton Road
* Strafford Road
* Alston Road
* The Avenue
* Wood Street
* Barnet Hospital
* Wellhouse Lane
* Trinder Road
* Whitings Road
* Quinta Drive
* Quinta Drive "Aitken Road"

Route departing Barnet

* Quinta Drive "Aitken Road"
* Quinta Drive
* Whitings Road
* Trinder Road
* Wellhouse Lane
* Barnet Hospital
* Wood Street
* The Avenue
* Alston Road
* Stratford Road
* Stapylton Road
* Barnet "Spires Shopping Centre"
* Barnet "High Street"
* Barnet Hill
* High Barnet Station
* Barnet Hill
* Station Road
* Gloucester Road
* Lyonsdown Road
* Longmore Avenue
* York Road
* New Barnet Station
* Station Approach
* Station Road
* East Barnet Road
* Brookhill Road
* Crescent Road
* Park Road
* Baring Road
* Westbrook Crescent
* Westbrook Estate
* Lawton Road
* Baring Road
* Fordham Road
* Castlewood Road
* Northfield Road
* Grove Road
* Bevan Estate
* Mount Pleasant
* Cockfosters Road
* Cockfosters Station

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Metroline

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net London Bus Routes Fotopic]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/384.pdf Full Timetable (PDF)]