London Buses route 427 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in

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, England. Running between Uxbridge station and

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, it is operated by

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History

First Centrewest bus 2000 Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton President, TNL class (W VLN), Southall, route 427, 3 October 2009

The conversion of route 207 to articulated buses resulted in the route no longer being able to serve

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, due to tight turns in the town centre, so the route was split into two sections on 9 April 2005 with the western end between Uxbridge station and

renumbered 427, running from Acton (AT) garage using

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s cascaded from route 207. Transport for London were proposing to build the

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between

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and Uxbridge, running along

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. The tram would have replaced routes 207, 427 and

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. Transport for London claimed that trams would carry more passengers and be more reliable, but due to the

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project going ahead the plans were scrapped. Upon being re-tendered,

First London First London was a bus company operating services in east and west Greater London, England. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup and operated buses under contract to Transport for London. It was formed in the late 1990s through the acquisition o ...

commenced a new contract on 10 April 2010, with new

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bodied

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s. From the same date the route was due to be extended to

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in place of the former Horn Lane terminus, which was eventually put in effect in January 2011. On 22 June 2013, route 427 was included in the sale of First London's Hayes garage to

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. On 8 April 2017, the route passed to

operating from Hayes garage. This contract was only for three rather the usual five years to allow Transport for London the option of restructuring services after the

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opened. On 11 April 2020, Abellio London commenced a new contract.Tender News ''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:427, London Buses Route Bus routes in London Transport in the London Borough of Ealing Transport in the London Borough of Hillingdon