London Buses route 474

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**474**

Management
Operated by	Blue Triangle
Garage	Rainham
Vehicle	Scania OmniDekka
Route
Start	Manor Park
Via	East Ham Beckton North Woolwich London City Airport
End	Canning Town
Length	5 miles (8 km)
Service
Level	Daily (3:30am until 1:00am)
Frequency	About every 12 minutes
Journey time	36-65 minutes
Night	none
Adult single fares
Cash	£1.50
Oyster	80p (£1 Mon-Fri 7-9.30am)
Transport for London

London Buses route 474 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Blue Triangle.

1 History
2 Current route
- 2.1 Route departing Manor Park
- 2.2 Route departing Canning Town
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The route replacing the section of the 69 to North Woolwich is the 474, and this has the distinction of being Blue Triangle's first mainstream London Transport route. Blue Triangle is well established in the fields of rail replacement work, private hires, and emergency coverage (including route 42, 60, and 185), and also has several AEC Regent III RTs for nostalgia-related duties. Now the company is taking on more LT work, and a second route has been awarded in the shape of the 368.

The 474 operates from Manor Park Station, via East Ham, Beckton and Cyprus to North Woolwich, where the former 69 route is picked up via the industrial estates of Silvertown to Canning Town. It now also calls at London City Airport following the curtailment of route 69 beyond Canning Town.

The number 474 itself probably derives from the 473, which runs parallel between North Woolwich and Silvertown along Albert Road, and maintains a direct link to Stratford.