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London bus route
London Buses route 453 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London , England. Running between Deptford Bridge and Marylebone stations, it is operated by London Central .
History London General Mercedes-Benz O530G on Westminster Bridge in June 2009London General Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in November 2011Route 453 commenced operating on 15 March 2003 as part of a reorganisation of routes in preparation for the introduction of the London congestion charge . Operating between Deptford Bridge and Marylebone stations,[1] route 53 as far as Lambeth North station . It was initially operated by Stagecoach London 's Plumstead garage with Mercedes-Benz O530G articulated buses. Night route N453 was introduced at the same time.[2]
Route 453 originally started from the first busy single stop on route 53, at Deptford, outside Addey and Stanhope School , then duplicated the 53 via New Cross , New Cross Gate , Old Kent Road , Bricklayers Arms , Elephant & Castle , St George's Circus , Westminster , to Whitehall , then Regent Street , Oxford Street , Great Portland Street , Regent's Park and to Marylebone station . The section north of Oxford Circus was a new service designed to create a new south–west link at Regent's Park station .[2]
New Routemasters were introduced on 18 October 2014 under London General . The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus stops.[3] London Central operating from their New Cross (NX) garage as the Mandela Way (MW) garage closed.[citation needed
Current route Route 453 operates via these primary locations:[4] [5]
References External links
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