London Buses route 38
| 38 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Operator | Arriva London |
| Garage | Clapton (CT)[citation needed] |
| Vehicle | New Routemaster[citation needed] |
| Peak vehicle requirement | 59[citation needed] |
| Night-time | Night Bus N38 |
| Route | |
| Start | Clapton Pond |
| Via | Essex Road Angel Holborn Piccadilly |
| End | Victoria bus station |
| Length | 7 miles (11 km)[citation needed] |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily[citation needed] |
| Frequency | 2-5 minutes[citation needed] |
| Journey time | 45-68 minutes[citation needed] |
| Operates | 05:30 until 01:30[citation needed] |
London Buses route 38 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Clapton Pond and Victoria bus station, it is operated by Arriva London. The route is the most frequent in London with a bus every minute during the morning peak.
History
On 25 October 1969 route 38 was further cut back to terminate at Leyton Green, being replaced on the Walthamstow section by the newly introduced route 55. The Sunday service was converted to one-person operation on 6 June 1987. When London Buses was divided into 11 subsidiaries operation of route 38 was taken over by London Forest. On 24 February 1990, the 38 was controversially cut back on Mondays to Saturdays from Leyton Green to terminate at Clapton Pond. It was replaced over this section by the newly introduced route 56. London Forest was wound up in 1991; the route then became a joint operation between Leaside Buses and East London, before being transferred to Leaside Buses.[1]
On 2 June 2002 the Sunday service was converted back to crew operation. In preparation for the introduction of the London congestion charge, in July 2002 peak hour frequency increased. On 29 June 2005, route 38 was converted to one man operation with the AEC Routemasters replaced by Mercedes-Benz O530G articulated buses.[2]
Double deck buses were introduced on 14 November 2009 as part of the Mayor of London's policy to withdraw articulated buses from London. The frequency of the route was increased to every 2-3 minutes.[3]
Eight prototype New Routemasters were introduced in February 2012[4][5][6]
New Routemasters were introduced on 10 May 2014. The rear platform remains open between Victoria and Mildmay Park from Monday to Friday between 07:00 and 18:00 when it is staffed by a customer assistant.[7]
Current route
Route 38 operates via these primary locations:[8]
- Clapton Pond
- Lower Clapton Road
- Homerton Hackney Baths
- Hackney Central station
- Dalston Junction station
- Kingsland Balls Pond Road
- De Beauvoir Town Southgate Road
- Canonbury St Paul's Road
- Essex Road station
- Islington Green
- Angel station
- Finsbury St John Street
- Clerkenwell Rosebery Ave
- Bloomsbury Theobalds Road
- Holborn station
- St Giles New Oxford Street
- Tottenham Court Road station
- Cambridge Circus
- Soho Dean Street
- Chinatown Gerrard Place
- Haymarket Trocadero
- Piccadilly Circus station
- St James's Old Bond Street
- Green Park station
- Mayfair Old Park Lane
- Hyde Park Corner station
- Victoria bus station
for Victoria station
In popular culture
Grime MC and Bow, E3 resident Wiley has mentioned the route 38 in his lyrics. An example of which is "I'm like the 38 bus cos I never turn up!".[9]
A Routemaster bus with route 38 blinds is displayed in the Falkland Islands capital of Port Stanley.[10]
References
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- ↑ A trip down memory lane for last No.38 Routemaster The Times
- ↑ Press Release Transport for London
- ↑ New Routemaster bus unveiled in London BBC News, 16 December 2011
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- ↑ Press Release Transport For London
- ↑ Route 38 Map Transport for London
- ↑ The Essential…Wiley FACT, Archived 11 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Don't mention the war The Daily Telegraph, 17 March 2007
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Timetable
