The New Routemaster Bus Starts Running Today! The Number 38
The launch of the new bus, which will run between Victoria Station in central London and Hackney in the east
In total, eight buses with an open "hop-on, hop-off" platform at the rear, costing £11.37m, will run on route 38.
The first of the new buses, complete with conductor, is expected to begin its journey at about 11:00 GMT.
Route record 38/N38
Clapton - Hackney - Kingsland - Islington - Holborn - Piccadilly Circus - VictoriaClapton Pond - Lower Clapton Road - Mare Street (for Hackney Downs Station) - Hackney Central Station - Graham Road - Dalston Lane - Dalston Junction Station - Balls Pond Road - Essex Road - Essex Road Station - Essex Road - Islington Green - Upper Street - Islington High Street - Angel Station - St John Street - Rosebery Avenue - Clerkenwell Road - Theobald's Road - Vernon Place (for Holborn Station) - Bloomsbury Way - New Oxford Street - Shaftesbury Avenue - Piccadilly Circus Station - Piccadilly - Green Park Station - Piccadilly - Duke of Wellington Place (for Hyde Park Corner Station) - Grosvenor Place - Lower Grosvenor Place - Buckingham Palace Road - Terminus Place - Victoria Station Bus Station
