London Buses route 38

38

New Routemaster in May 2013
Overview
Operator Arriva London
Night-time Night Bus N38
Route
Start Clapton Pond
Via Hackney Central
Dalston Junction
Angel
Holborn
Piccadilly Circus
End Victoria bus station

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

AEC Routemaster at Victoria bus station in August 1998
Arriva London Mercedes-Benz O530G on the corner of Tottenham Court Road & Shaftesbury Avenue in July 2008
Arriva London Wright Gemini 2 bodied VDL DB300 at Clapton Pond in June 2011

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 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] On 11 July 2016, Transport for London announced that the customer assistant role would be removed from New Routemaster buses.[8]

It is the seventh busiest TfL bus service as of 2015/16, with 12.3 million passengers.[9]

Current route

Route 38 operates via these primary locations:[10]

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!".[11]

A Routemaster bus with route 38 blinds is displayed in the Falkland Islands capital of Port Stanley.[12]

References

  1. ↑ McLachlan, Tom (1995). London Buses 1985-1995: Managing The Change. Venture Publications. p. 61. ISBN 1-898432-74-0.
  2. ↑ A trip down memory lane for last No.38 Routemaster The Times
  3. ↑ Press Release Transport for London
  4. ↑ New Routemaster bus unveiled in London BBC News, 16 December 2011
  5. ↑ "New route for Ballymena's new 'Boris bus'". BBC News. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "'Cleanest, greenest' bus runs from Hampstead Heath to Pimlico". ITV. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Press Release Transport For London
  8. ↑ "New Routemaster bus conductors abolished in £10 million cut by Transport for London". ITV News. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. ↑ https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bus-service-usage.xlsx
  10. ↑ Route 38 Map Transport for London
  11. ↑ The Essential...Wiley FACT, Archived 11 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Don't mention the war The Daily Telegraph, 17 March 2007
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