| 466 | |
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Arriva London |
| Garage | Croydon |
| Predecessors | Route 166 Route 400 |
| Former operator | Metrobus |
| Route | |
| Start | Addington Village Interchange |
| Via | Shirley Croydon Purley Old Coulsdon |
| End | Caterham on the Hill |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
London Buses route 466 is aTransport for London contracted bus route inLondon andSurrey, England. Running betweenAddington Village Interchange andCaterham on the Hill, it is operated byArriva London.
Route 466 commenced on 29 August 1998 betweenShirley andCaterham on the Hill replacingroute 166 between Shirley andCroydon and route 400 between Croydon andCaterham. It was operated byCroydon garage withLeyland Olympians andMCW Metrobuses.[1]
On 20 May 2000 the route was extended toAddington Village Interchange coinciding with the opening of theTramlink. Upon being re-tendered, on 30 August 2003 it passed toMetrobus'Godstone garage with East Lancs bodiedScania OmniDekka's, moving toCroydon in early 2006.[1][2]
On next being tendered it returned to Arriva London's Croydon garage on 30 August 2008 with newAlexander Dennis Enviro400s were introduced.[3] Arriva have retained it in subsequent tenders commencing in August 2013 and August 2020.[4][5][6]
Electrical problems on the vehicles led to reliability issues.[7] In October 2008 the route was criticised for seeing too many southbound journeys turn short atOld Coulsdon.[8] Residents began a petition to improve reliability on the route, receiving around 700 signatures by December 2008.[9] On 17 January 2009, Arriva introduced extra vehicles to the 466 to allow longer layovers and reduce the need to turn journeys short.[10]
Route 466 operates via these primary locations:[11]
There are a set of schoolday journeys that run to and fromOasis Academy Coulsdon on schooldays.[12]
Media related toLondon Buses route 466 at Wikimedia Commons
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