Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed changes to the number 19 and 38 bus routes that operate to and from central London and said it will introduce a new service.<\/p>\n
Provisionally numbered 10, the new route is planned to “maintain essential capacity” between Essex Road and Holborn, and to keep direct links between Battersea Bridge and central London, the transport body said.<\/p>\n
TfL said route 19, which currently runs between Finsbury Park and Battersea Bridge, was currently “unreliable” and will now divert at Hyde Park Corner and terminate at Victoria.<\/p>\n
More than 1,600 people responded to a consultation about the routes, with a majority opposing the changes.<\/p>\n
A majority of route 19 users (64%) and route 38 users (72%) said the changes would make their trips less convenient.<\/p>\n
In other changes announced by TfL, route 38, which currently runs between Clapton and Victoria, will terminate at New Oxford Street in Holborn.<\/p>\n