On Jul 10, 10:07*pm, MIG wrote:

On 10 July, 20:58, wrote:

In article
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(Mizter T) wrote:
I couldn't remember if it was a 24 hour route or not, so instead of
checking a bus spider map or the TfL journey planner I did a Google
image search for "n453 london bus", one of the first thumbnails in teh
results led me to this page - which has an out of date photo of a bus
stop at Baker Street which displays 'plates' for both 453 and N453:
http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Travel/...uses.htm#Stops

It's obviously taken after the introduction of bendy buses, as they
both appear on yellow 'plates' with the advice/warning "Buy tickets
before boarding" (and it's just outside the central London 'pay before
you board' area too). So my half-remembered recollection of there
being a distinct N453 service in the recent past wasn't so far wide of
the mark! I'm not sure when the separate N453 was dropped and the
daytime 453 went 24-hours though.

Surely yellow plates came in some time before the bendys to soften people
up for their introduction.

I don't think there was such a thing as a 453 before bendys though.
Or a 436. *They made overlapping sections with the 53 and 36 which
were shortened, and my impression was that it happened with
bendification.

Yes, the 453 was indeed a 'new' route (as John Swallow conforms
downthread), as was the 436 - they''ve been bendy bus routes from the
outset (though see John's caveat re the 453). These are two routes
that I really don't think will cope well with being 'de-bendified'.