History
On 24 February 1990, route 204 was introduced to replace the withdrawn section of route 226 between Edgware and Sudbury Hill Station. The route has always been operated by Metroline and was initially operated from Edgware garage using MCW Metrobus. In 1993 the route was converted to single deck and the allocation was moved to North Wembley garage. In 1997, the route was converted to low-floor Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer and the Sunday service was routed via Wembley Arena because of the busy Sunday Market and also to replace a section of route 297. In April 2002, a contract renewal to Metroline saw the route converted back to double deck, this time with new Volvo B7TL 10.6m / Plaxton President double deckers, but North Wembley garage has low beam and so the allocation was transferred back to Edgware in August 2002 and the Sunday service via Wembley Arena was withdrawn. Five years later, in April 2007, the contract was once again renewed with Metroline and brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deckers were introduced.
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