Route 469 Observations

On Saturday 23rd of January, Route 469 transferred from Stagecoach Selkent to Arriva London North. Route 469 runs between Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and Erith and began in 1988 run by Bexleybus and ran largely to the same route, although continuing to Bexleyheath. This replaced a section of route 269 which was withdrawn. In 1991, Bexleybus lost its work and sold its only depot Bexleyheath (BX) to London Central who had won the 469. Therefore the 469 was ran by London Central. In 1999 the route received new Dennis Dart SLF's with Marshall Capital bodywork and was rerouted slightly between Plumstead and Abbey Wood. In 2009 the route passed to Selkent from their Plumstead (PD) depot and the route received new Optare Versas and was cut back to Erith from Bexleyheath. In 2013 it received Enviro 200s from Barking (BK), with the Versas heading the other way to centralise the Versa fleet within the Stagecoach London fleet. In July 2015 the route was awarded to Arriva on the basis of new buses, however this was changed to existing vehicles and the route now uses existing E200s displaced from route 499 and T31. I hope you enjoyed reading this post.