London Buses route 465

Infobox London Bus
number=465


operator=Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
garage=Warnham, Horsham
vehicle=Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart
pvr=5
start=Kingston upon Thames
via=Hook
Chessington World of Adventures
Leatherhead
Mickleham
end=Dorking
length=15 miles (24 km)
level=Daily
frequency=Every 30 minutes, 60 on Sundays
time=Around 50-60 minutes off peak
day=5:20am until 23:40
night=No night service

London Buses route 465 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva Guildford & West Surrey. It is also partly supported by Surrey County Council.

History

From around the mid-90s, service 465 was operated by London & Country (incidentally now Arriva). Tellings-Golden Miller was the next operator to win the contract for the route, and at the time it continued past Kingston to Tellings' Fulwell bus garage. After the takeover of Tellings, the service was run by Travel London, who mainly used Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2s on the route. [ [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net/c1052433.html Pictures showing previous operators] ] Operation of the route passed from Travel London to Arriva Guildford & West Surrey on June 30 2007. The contract change also saw the route withdrawn from Penrhyn Road in Kingston, due to complaints from residents over the number of buses using the road. The replacement route is via Surbiton Road and Portsmouth Road. [ [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Bus+service+changes+from+June+2007?opendocument Surrey County Council - Bus service changes June 2007] ]

A few months after Arriva took over the route, one of the buses used on the route was involved in a serious accident. A van crashed into it and continued on into a house. [ [http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/1863222.van_careers_into_house_after_hitting_bus/ Surrey Comet - "Van careers into house after hitting bus"] Accessed September 5 2008.] The bus (number 3980, pictured in the infobox) was away for repairs for a number of months. During this time, the company needed an extra bus, so a red liveried Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 was transferred on loan from another part of Arriva Southern Counties. It was bus number 3279, from Darford depot, which also used it on London Buses services. [ [http://davidheath.fotopic.net/p48804058.html Fotopic - Image of 3279 bus on loan] Accessed September 5 2008.] This was eventually returned. However, Arriva realised they were going to need a spare bus even when the accident damaged Enviro200 Dart was fixed, so an older Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 1 was transferred, again from Darford; the bus is fleet number 3179. This was also already in red London livery, with the old style "cows horns". [ [http://davidheath.fotopic.net/p52017505.html Fotopic - Image of 3179 bus in service] Accessed September 5 2008.] In August 2008, it was painted into the new Arriva London red livery, without the cream "cows horns". As the spare bus, it can be run on any route when not needed, and in the photo in the gallery section below is seen on the Horsham park and ride.

Current route

Route departing Kingston

*Kingston upon Thames "Cromwell Road Bus Station"
*Kingston "Eden Street"
*Surbiton railway station "Victoria Road"
*Hook "Cap in Hand"
*Hook "White Hart"
*Chessington World of Adventures †
*Malden Rushett "Fairoak Lane"
*Leatherhead "North Street"
*Leatherhead "Leisure Centre
*Mickleham "Church"
*Dorking railway station
*Dorking "White Horse (opp. Post Office)"
*Dorking "Townfield Court"

Route departing Dorking

*Dorking "Townfield Court"
*Dorking "Post Office (opp. White Horse)"
*Dorking railway station ‡
*Mickleham "Church"
*Leatherhead "Leisure Centre
*Leatherhead "North Street"
*Malden Rushett "Fairoak Lane"
*Chessington World of Adventures
*Hook "White Hart"
*Hook "Cap in Hand"
*Surbiton railway station "Victoria Road"
*Kingston "Eden Street"
*Kingston "Cromwell Road Bus Station"

Notes:

* † - Serves the stop in Leatherhead Road only. Service runs "into" the Chessington World of Adventures complex Kingston bound only.
* ‡ - Serves stop A in London Road only. Service runs into the station forecourt Dorking bound only.

Gallery

ee also

* List of bus routes in London
* Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
* Transport in Dorking

References

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/ London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.busmap.org/tt4/465.pdf TfL timetable (PDF)]
* [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/2d0e4b78b92134ec802572960054ae40/$FILE/465.pdf Surrey County Council timetable (PDF)]
* [http://www.londonbusesbyadam.fotopic.net/c1052433.html Past and present pictures of the route's buses]