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Route 412

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Route Information
Operator Arriva London South
Garage South Croydon (TC)
PVR 8
Vehicle VDL DB300 10.4m / Wright Gemini 2 (DW)
Start Purley
End Croydon, Town Centre
Frequency every 20 minutes
Service 05:26 – 00:55
Length 11km

Route History

1st September 1990 - Route introduced between West Croydon & Purley Old Lodge Lane via Selsdon & Sanderstead to replace route 12A

27th March 1993 - School journeys to Wallington introduced

9th October 1993 - Route cut from Purley Old Lodge Lane to Purley Cross, replaced by route 450

5th September 1994 - School journeys to Hamsey Green introduced

3rd January 1995 - School journeys to Wallington renumbered 612

9th December 1995 - Route extended from Croydon Town Centre to Norwood Junction via Davidson Road, route cut from West Croydon

30rd August 1997 - Garage moved to Croydon (TC)

29th August 1998 - Route cut back to Croydon Town Centre, re-extended to West Croydon, new route 410 to replace Norwood Junction route. Hamsey Green journeys renumbered 612

15th September 2001 - Plaxton Pointer 2s introduced

31st May 2003 - Rerouted slightly in South Croydon to avoid low bridge

31st August 2003 - Double Deck workings re-introduced with ALX400s and DB250 Wright Gemini 1s

16th October 2010 - Slightly extended in Purley from Tesco to Hospital

31st August 2013 - New DB300 Wright Gemini 2s introduced

2nd November 2019 - Route cut from West Croydon to Croydon Town Centre