London Buses route 4

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Metroline MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B5LH at Whittington Hospital in September 2023
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Holloway
Vehicle	Volvo B5LH MCV EvoSeti Volvo B5LH Wright Gemini 3
Peak vehicle requirement	17
Predecessors	Route 4A
Night-time	No night service
Route
Start	Archway station
Via	Holloway Finsbury Park Islington St Paul's Cathedral
End	Blackfriars station

London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Archway and Blackfriars stations, it is operated by Metroline.

History

On 25 September 1993, the contract for route 4 was won by London Suburban Bus, who operated the route with Leyland Titans.

On 27 April 1995, route 4 was included in the sale of London Suburban Bus to Metroline and in March 2000 to DelGro Corporation.

In April 2019, TfL announced that route 4 would be withdrawn between Waterloo station and St Paul's station and extended to Blackfriars station via Queen Victoria Street instead, with the change scheduled to take effect in June of that year.

Current route

Route 4 operates via these primary locations:

• Archway station
• Whittington Hospital
• Dartmouth Park Hill
• Tufnell Park
• Holloway Nag's Head
• Finsbury Park station
• Highbury Barn
• Highbury Corner for Highbury & Islington station
• Islington Green
• Islington Angel
• Angel City Road
• Barbican station
• London Wall Museum of London
• St Paul's station
• Blackfriars station