**Route Information**

Operator	Metrobus
Garage	Croydon (C)
PVR	15
Vehicle	BYD D8UR 9.7m & 10.2m / Enviro200 MMC EV (SEe)
Start	West Croydon
End	Lower Sydenham
Frequency	every 10 minutes
Service	05:10 – 00:42
Length	14km

Route History

9th October 1993 - Route introduced between Crystal Palace and Purley Old Lodge Lane from Thornton Heath (TH) garage replacing route 412 between Old Lodge Lane and Purley

26th September 1996 - Route cut between Purley Old Lodge Lane and West Croydon, extended to Lower Sydenham, replaced by route 455

29th September 2001 - New Plaxton Pointer 2s introduced

10th March 2007 to 30th September 2011 - Route operated out of Beddington Farm (CN) garage

1st October 2011 - Route transferred back to Thornton Heath (TH) garage

27th August 2016 - Route transferred to Norwood (N) garage temporarily using Wright Cadets

1st October 2016 - Brand new Wright Streetlites introduced

30th September 2023 - Metrobus commence operations using BYD D8UR Enviro 200 MMC EVs from their Croydon (C) garage