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London Buses route 422 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Bexleyheath garage and North Greenwich bus station, it is operated by London Central. ==History== Route 422 commenced operating on 16 January 1988 when route 122 was withdrawn between Bexleyheath and Plumstead. Route 422 was initially run by Bexleybus between Bexleyheath and Woolwich, providing an overlap with route 122 between Woolwich and Plumstead.〔(Route 422 ) ''londonbusroutes.net''〕 The poor performance of Bexleybus resulted in the route passing to Boro'line towards the end of 1988.〔(In Brief ) ''Commercial Motor'' 27 October 1988 page 16〕 On 17 February 1992, Boro'line was bought out by Kentish Bus〔(Talks continue on Maidstone sale ) ''Commercial Motor'' 27 February 1992 page 18〕 which was purchased by British Bus in 1994, who in turn sold out to The Cowie Group in August 1996.〔(Cowie Group plc and British Bus Group Limited: A report on the merger situation ) Competition Commission 31 October 1996〕 Upon being re-tendered on 23 January 1999 the route passed to London Central.〔 To coincide with the opening of the Jubilee line, on 25 May 1999 route 422 was extended from Woolwich to North Greenwich bus station.〔(Bus routes to change for arrival of tubes ) ''News Shopper'' 22 August 1998〕 In January 2009 a bus on route 422 was involved in an arson attack in Bexleyheath.〔(Bexleyheath: Bus fire is arson ) ''News Shopper'' 29 January 2009〕 Upon being re-tendered, the route was retained by London Central with a new contract commencing on 22 January 2011 with new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs. On 5 November 2011, brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were introduced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Buses route 422」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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