London Buses route 384
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| Management | |
| Operated by | Metroline |
| Garage | Potters Bar |
| Vehicle | Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capital |
| PVR † | 8 |
| Route | |
| Start | Cockfosters Station |
| Via | Bevan Estate Westbrook Estate New Barnet |
| End | Barnet Quinta Drive |
| Length | 7 miles (11 km) |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | About every 15 minutes (30 minutes evenings and Sundays) |
| Journey time | 30-40 minutes |
| Day | 5:50am until midnight |
| Night | No night service |
| Adult single fares | |
| Oyster | 90p |
| Cash | £2.00 |
| † peak vehicle requirement Transport for London • Performance |
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London Buses route 384 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to Metroline and serves the areas of High Barnet, New Barnet and Cockfosters in north London.
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[edit] History
Route 384 began on 21 April 1990, largely running along previously unserved roads. The route starts at Cockfosters Station, northern terminus of the Piccadilly Line, then running via Mount Pleasant, territory previously quite a walk from a bus route. Buses then run through the shops and station at New Barnet, before heading south again to serve the Lyonsdown and Barnet Vale areas and then climbing to High Barnet, where a new terminus was established at the rear of The Spires shopping centre. A couple of MCW Metroriders were drafted into Potters Bar garage to run the service.
The Metroriders were replaced by new MW class Wright bodied Mercedes minibuses from April 1993. Contract renewal in July 1998 saw the route extended over the western leg of short route 385, via Wellhouse Lane and Whitings Road to Quinta Drive, and buses terminate by going round this triangle at the junction with Aitken Road.
The route connects each of several key destinations: Barnet General Hospital, the Spires Shopping Centre (Barnet), High Barnet tube station, New Barnet railway station, Westbrook Crescent and Cockfosters tube station. This route is very useful for residents of the areas around Quinta Drive, Alston Road/The Avenue, Westbrook Crescent and Mount Pleasant, who would otherwise have to walk a long distance to their nearest bus service.
[edit] Current route
The 384 operates as a hail and ride service along these sections of the route: (Cockfosters Road to Crescent Road; New Barnet railway station to Gloucester Road; Strafford Road to Wood Street; Barnet General Hospital A&E/ Wellhouse Lane to Aitken Road/Quinta Drive).
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