London Buses route 407

London Buses route 407 was introduced in 1991 to replace the southern part of 197, and to withdraw the Warlingham/Sutton branches of 403.

There are so many buses in use for a long time after the privatization all the way until 1999.
 * Dart 9m/Pointers transferred from Cowie South London for use on the 455
 * Volvo B6s with Northern Counties bodies, transferred from route 108 for the 127
 * Mercedes 811D/Plaxton Beavers for route 367 (and one 1996 version for the 404)
 * MCW MetroRiders, short or long and wide or narrow, and one early model (Mk II) Optare example (J969 JNL)
 * Leyland Atlanteans with Roe or Park Royal bodies
 * Volvo Citybuses with bodies by Northern Counties (for 409 etc.) or East Lancs (some short ones were based there for the 176, and later some long ones arrived)
 * Volvo Olympians with East Lancs bodywork (for the 400/403)
 * Leyland Olympians with Roe bodywork (TPD-X batch, for route 57)
 * Leyland Lynx with either Leyland, Cummins or Gardner engine (for 289)
 * Dennis Falcons with East Lancs bodies (for 289 also)
 * Some East Lancs bodied Lances may also have worked (also for 289!)
 * Leyland Nationals, including an Urban Bus conversion