London Buses route 453

453
London General Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in November 2011
Overview
Operator	London General
Predecessors	Route 53
Route
Start	Deptford Bridge station
Via	New Cross Elephant & Castle Westminster Oxford Circus
End	Marylebone station

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 General.

History

Route 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 and Marylebone stations, it parallels route 53 as far as Whitehall. 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

London Central took over the operation of route 453 on 16 February 2008.^[2]

London General has successfully retained route 453 with a new contract starting on 24 November 2011.^[3]

New Routemasters were introduced on 18 October 2014. The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus stops.^[4]

Route 453 operates via these primary locations:^[5]

1 2 Aldridge, John (May 2003). "Hendy's bendies reach Deptford". Buses. Ian Allan Publishing (578): 13.
↑ 2008 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
↑ 2011 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
↑ Press Release Transport for London
↑ Route 453 Map Transport for London

Articulated bus routes in London

12 18 25 29 38 73 149 207 436 453 507 521 Red Arrow

1–99

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15H 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

400–499

401 403 404 405 406 407 410 411 412 413 414 415 417 418 419 422 423 424 425 427 428 430 432 433 434 436 440 444 450 452 453 455 460 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 472 473 474 476 481 482 484 485 486 487 488 490 491 492 493 496 498 499

500–599

507 521 549

600–699

601 602 603 605 606 607 608 609 611 612 613 616 617 618 619 621 624 625 626 627 628 629 631 632 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 660 661 662 663 664 665 667 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 678 679 681 683 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 696 697 698 699

900–999

931 965 969

969

Night only

N1 N2 N3 N5 N7 N8 N9 N11 N13 N15 N16 N18 N19 N20 N21 N22 N26 N28 N29 N31 N38 N41 N44 N55 N63 N68 N73 N74 N86 N87 N89 N91 N97 N98 N109 N113 N133 N136 N137 N155 N171 N199 N205 N207 N253 N279 N343 N381 N550 N551

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