- London Buses route 464
Infobox London Bus
number=464
operator=Metrobus
garage=Orpington
vehicle=Dennis Dart SLF /Plaxton Pointer 8.8m
pvr=Three
start=New Addington
via=Biggin Hill
(andBiggin Hill Valley )
end=Tatsfield
length=6 miles (10 km)
level=Daily service
frequency=About every 30 minutes
time=21 minutes
day=06:10 to 00:59
Sundays start at 07:40
night=There is no night serviceLondon Buses route 464 is a
Transport for London contracted bus route inLondon ,United Kingdom . The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.History
Route 464 was planned as a
Tramlink feeder service, though it started well before Tramlink itself. The service connectsBiggin Hill andNew Addington for onward tram connections to Croydon. The route replaced partially Metrobus’ own commercial route 356, which ran fromTatsfield andBiggin Hill directly into Croydon. The route number of the 464 reflects that the original connections were made by using route 64.The section between
Tatsfield andBiggin Hill is now the main bus route toTatsfield . Although Tatsfield is also served from the south (to Oxted and Warlingham ) bySurrey County Council contracted route 411, this is a much less frequent service than route 464’s half hourly daily service. To get betweenNew Addington andBiggin Hill , buses run acrossBiggin Hill Valley along some very narrow roads, such as Salt Box Hill (pictured above). The buses then follow the old 356 route toTatsfield . As a result of the narrow roads, the timetable is set up so buses meet as far away at those sections as possible.A direct service between
Biggin Hill andNew Addington is not a new idea. In the 1960s, theOrpington Rural Transport Association started a midibus route to connectBiggin Hill andOrpington . It was planned to extend the route from Biggin Hill to have three different “branches” to bothTatsfield andNew Addington . In the end, only theNew Addington route ever the development, but it didn’t last long. Incidentally, although planned as aTramlink connector route, it now isn’t at all, it having retained the 464 route number and not offering through fares that are available on the T-prefixed T31, T32, and T33 services.Current route
Route departing New Addington
*
New Addington "Parkway"
*New Addington "Homestead Way"
*Biggin Hill "Black Horse"
*Biggin Hill "Lebanon Gardens"
*Biggin Hill Valley "Sunningvale Gardens"
*Tatsfield "School Corner"
*Tatsfield "Old ship"Route departing Tatsfield
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Tatsfield "Old ship"
*Tatsfield "School Corner"
*Biggin Hill Valley "Sunningvale Gardens"
*Biggin Hill "Lebanon Gardens"
*Biggin Hill "Black Horse"
*New Addington "Homestead Way"
*New Addington "Parkway"ee also
*
List of bus routes in London
* MetrobusExternal links
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk Transport for London]
* [http://www.busesatwork.co.uk London Bus Routes]
* [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/464.htm London Bus Routes - photos and history]
* [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/41a81b975643f4ab8025729600549a44/$FILE/464.pdf Full Surrey CC timetable (PDF)]
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