Route 405
Route History
21st April 2001 - Officially made a TfL route. Operated by Connex from their Beddington Cross garage (BC) with Plaxton Pointer 2s
30th August 2003 - Transferred to Metrobus from their Crawley garage (CY) and rerouted between Purley & South Croydon via Pampisford Road
16th April 2005 - Transferred to Godstone garage (GD)
25th February 2006 - Transferred to Croydon garage (C)
22nd April 2006 - Transferred back to Crawley garage (CY)
30th September 2006 - Scania OmniDekkas double decks introduced
1st September 2007 - School day only journeys between Purley and West Croydon introduced from Metrobus' Croydon (C) garage
30th August 2008 - Transferred back to Croydon garage (C)
3rd January 2009 - School day journeys transferred to Arriva London from Beddington Farm garage (CN) with Pulsar Geminis
29th October 2011 - School day journeys transferred to South Croydon garage (TC)
29th August 2015 - New Gemini 3 B5TL and B5LHs introduced alongside the Scania OmniDekkas
Sometime in September 2018 - Scania Omnicities introduced alongside the B5TL, B5LH and OmniDekkas
Sometime in October 2018 - Omnicities withdrawn, replaced by Enviro 400s
Sometime in November 2018 - OmniDekkas withdrawn
Sometime in August 2019 - Pulsar Gemini replaced by VDL DB300 Gemini 2
2nd November 2019 - Cut from West Croydon to Katherine Street, school day journeys still run to West Croydon
29th August 2020 - Route transferred to Arriva London from their South Croydon garage (TC) with VDL DB300 Gemini 2s
30th September 2020 - Enviro 400H MMCs introduced
4th January 2022 - School day journeys renumbered 645
30th August 2025 - A PVR increase lead to a VDL DB300 Gemini 2 temporarily being introduced