London Buses route 43

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Metroline Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL in September 2013
Overview
Operator	Metroline
Garage	Holloway (HT)
Vehicle	Volvo B9TL 10.4m / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Plaxton President
Peak vehicle requirement	33
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Friern Barnet
Via	Muswell Hill Archway Holloway Angel Moorgate
End	London Bridge station

London Buses route 43 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Friern Barnet and London Bridge station, it is operated by Metroline.

Route 43 commenced operating in August 1912 as a daily route between Archway station and London Bridge station via Holloway Road, Upper Street, Angel, City Road, Moorgate, Bank station and London Bridge, and was quickly extended to Muswell Hill Broadway via East Finchley and Fortis Green Road.

The route along which the 43 operates was designated as London's first Red Route bus priority scheme in 1992. In late 1999 the route became one of the first in London to be operated by low-floor double-deck buses, when new Plaxton President bodied Dennis Trident 2s were introduced.

In September 2006, a bus operating route 43 caught fire. No passengers were injured as the bus driver had evacuated the vehicle.

In 1992 a peak hour route X43 was introduced to supplement route 43 in connection with the Red Route bus priority scheme introduced at the time. It used specially liveried Scania N113 double-deckers branded as Red Express. London Northern, the subsidiary of London Buses which had taken over operation of the route in 1989, stated that passenger numbers along the route increased by 8,700 in the year following its introduction.

An Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 operating on route 43 was used in the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum.