[6] In July 1983, Metrobus Limited was formed when two directors, Gary Wood and Peter Larking, purchased the subsidiary.

[7] Due to requests from residents, the route also began to serve Bourne Vale and the Hayesford Park Estate, which were some distance from other bus services.

In 1986 route 355 was discontinued for short journeys between Croydon and Forestdale, and the 354 frequency increased and rerouted via Selsdon Vale (although the residents of the area refused to allow LT to put fixed bus stops in place).

By the summer of 1988, route 354 was offering an hourly service on Mondays to Saturdays between Croydon, Selsdon, Addington, Hayes and Bromley.

These coaches were used on the already existing private hire business, and to operate scheduled day trips to European destinations.

[11] In the summers of 1994 and 1995, Metrobus operated their 'Wealdsman' service (numbered 746) to complement the Surrey Hills weekend leisure bus network.

Metrobus purchased 19 buses as part of the sale and moved operations away from Arriva's site at Warnham to their existing depot in Crawley.

The hijacked bus was then driven through the area, striking a number of parked cars and signs, before being reversed into another Metrobus vehicle which was in service with passengers.

[23] On 13 August 2022, vehicle number 6559 burst to flames after a collision on the A24 in Ashington just north of Worthing while on route 23.

[needs update] Fastway buses have a slightly different moquette, with the letters "fw" sewn into the fabric, along with dark grey vinyl inserts.

Following the decision by Arriva to discontinue its operations in Crawley and most of East Surrey and West Sussex in March 2001, Metrobus purchased Arriva's premises in Crawley, moved the company headquarters (along with all non-London routes) there and began to develop a commercial bus network in the town.

Operations moved to Metrobus' existing depot in Crawley, away from the previous garage in Warnham which closed.

Six Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointers were kept and were refurbished internally and repainted (390, 393, 394, 395, 396 and 398), these are currently being used on route 93 between Dorking and Horsham; and a further six (388, 399, 397, 389, 391 and 392) being sold on to other operators.

[citation needed] During August 2013, new Wright Eclipses with Volvo chassis have been ordered as a replacement for the ageing Scania OmniCitys currently employed on the Crawley Fastway.

This will displace the Scanias to other "country" workings and facilitate the retirement of the remaining unrefurbished Caetano Nimbuses, whose refurbishments were cancelled.

[27] In August 2016, Metrobus transferred 5 (out of a total of 31) Scania OmniCity double deckers from Brighton & Hove to allow route 400 to be converted to double-deck operation.

Metrobus received a fleet of 6 Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs in December 2020, once again from Brighton & Hove.

[28] Metrobus took delivery of Wright GB Kite Hydroliner FCEVs for use on the Fastway network in early 2023, with the official launch of the buses taking place on 29 June.

The Beddington Lane depot was opened by Metrobus in December 2005 to house route 127 which had been surrendered early by Centra.

More recently routes have been operated from Godstone and in December 2005 a new depot was constructed in Croydon to cope with new tender awards.