London Buses route 427

427
Abellio London Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC in Uxbridge
Overview
Operator	Transport UK London Bus
Garage	Armstrong Way
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Alexander Dennis Enviro400H MMC
Peak vehicle requirement	15
Began service	9 April 2005
Predecessors	Route 207
Former operator(s)	First London Metroline
Night-time	N207
Route
Start	Uxbridge
Via	Hayes End Southall Town Hall
End	Southall
Length	10 miles (16 km)
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	About every 8-12 minutes
Journey time	53-86 minutes
Operates	04:35 until 01:18
Route map Route SL8 corridor Legend  427  Uxbridge York Road Uxbridge station  N207   SL8  Uxbridge The Greenway Hillingdon Heath Lees Road Hayes End Uxbridge Road Uxbridge County Court Hayes the Grapes Hayes Bypass  207  Southall Trinity Road Southall station Southall Merrick Road  427  Southall North Road Southall Iron Bridge Ealing Hospital Hanwell Broadway West Ealing Broadway Ealing Broadway station Ealing Common station Acton Town Hall Acton Central station Acton Vale Bromyard Avenue Uxbridge Road Adelaide Grove Shepherd's Bush Market station Shepherd's Bush stations White City bus station  SL8   207  Holland Park station Notting Hill Gate station Queensway station Lancaster Gate station Marble Arch station Oxford Circus station Tottenham Court Road station Holborn station Bloomsbury Square  N207  This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

London Buses route 427 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Uxbridge and Southall, it is operated by Transport UK London Bus.

It has a limited stop equivalent route; SL8.

History

The conversion of route 207 to articulated buses resulted in the route no longer being able to serve Uxbridge, 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 Acton renumbered 427, running from Acton (AT) garage using Dennis Trident 2s cascaded from route 207.^[1][2]

Transport for London were proposing to build the West London Tram between Shepherd's Bush and Uxbridge, running along Uxbridge Road. The tram would have replaced routes 207, 427 and 607. Transport for London claimed that trams would carry more passengers and be more reliable, but due to the Crossrail project going ahead the plans were scrapped.^[3]

Upon being re-tendered, First London commenced a new contract on 10 April 2010, with new Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs.^[4] From the same date the route was due to be extended to Acton Town Hall in place of the former Horn Lane terminus, which was eventually put in effect in January 2011.^[5]

On 22 June 2013, route 427 was included in the sale of First London's Hayes garage to Metroline.^[6][7][8]

On 8 April 2017, the route passed to Abellio London operating from Hayes garage.^[9] This contract was only for three rather the usual five years to allow Transport for London the option of restructuring services after the Elizabeth line opened. On 11 April 2020, Abellio London commenced a new contract.^[10][11]

On 4 March 2023, the section between Acton and Southall was withdrawn. The route was also extended from Southall Town Hall to Southall, Merrick Road via South Road and Southall station on the same day.^[12]

Current route

Route 427 operates via these primary locations:^[13]

• Uxbridge York Road
• Hillingdon Heath
• Hayes End
• Hayes Bypass
• Southall Town Hall
• Southall station
• Southall Merrick Road

References

External links

Media related to London Buses route 427 at Wikimedia Commons