10 to Battersea Bridge

London's newest bus route 10: Newington Green to Battersea Bridge South Side Location: central London Length of journey: 7 miles, 60 minutes Last ran: 23 November 2018 Reborn: 14 November 2026 Here's an unusual resurrection, of a bus number if not a bus route. The number 10 was first used on a longstanding route between Victoria and Abridge in Essex, then reused for buses between Archway and Hammersmith before being retired in 2018. Yesterday it came back for a third time as TfL took the opportunity to chop up a central London corridor, creating three routes where previously there were two. Formerly... • Route 38 ran from Clapton Pond to Angel to Hyde Park Corner to Victoria. • Route 19 ran from Finsbury Park to Angel to Hyde Park Corner to Battersea Bridge. • The overlap between Angel and Hyde Park Corner had been in place for 92 years. As of yesterday... • Route 38 was curtailed at Holborn, losing everything to the south. • Route 19 was diverted to Victoria to cover the loss of the…

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