London Bus Route 19

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
at 03.10.34	B	35NS	39NS	22NS
	J	33NS	26NS	22NS

FINSBURY PARK Rock Street - Highbury Barn - Highbury Corner - Upper Street - Angel - Rosebery Avenue - Theobalds Road - Bloomsbury - New Oxford Street - Tottenham Ct Rd Station - Charing Cross Road - Shaftesbury Avenue - Piccadilly - Hyde Park Corner - Knightsbridge - Sloane Square - Kings Road - Chelsea - Battersea Bridge - Falcon Road - Clapham Junction - Battersea Rise - Trinity Road - TOOTING BEC STATION ( Mon-Sat ) - Tooting Bec Road - St Leonard's Church - Streatham High Road - STREATHAM COMMON Greyhound ( Suns )

08.11.39	B	20STL	20STL	12STL
	J	15STL	13STL	19STL

FINSBURY PARK ( Sat evenings / Suns ) - HIGHBURY BARN ( Mon-Sat ) - CLAPHAM JUNC ( evenings ) - TOOTING BEC ( (Mon-Sat except evgs) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Suns except evgs )
Mon-Fri / Sat daytime withdrawn between Highbury Barn and Finsbury Park
Daily Evening service withdrawn south of Clapham Junction

03.01.40	B	25STL	25STL	12STL
	J	21STL 12ST	21STL	13STL

FINSBURY PARK ( Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat / Suns ) - HIGHBURY BARN ( Mon-Fri evgs ) - CLAPHAM JUNCTION ( evenings ) - TOOTING BEC ( (Mon-Sat except evgs) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Suns except evgs )
Mon-Fri except evenings and Sat evenings reinstated between Highbury Barn and Finsbury Park

20.03.40	B	25STL	25STL	16STL
	J	21STL 12ST	21STL	13STL

FINSBURY PARK ( Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat / Suns ) - HIGHBURY BARN ( Mon-Fri evgs ) - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Mon-Sat evenings ) - TOOTING BEC STATION ( (Mon-Sat except evgs) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Suns )
Sunday evenings reinstated between Clapham Junction and Streatham Common

15.05.40	B	31STL	34STL	16STL
	J	27STL	12STL	13STL

FINSBURY PARK - TOOTING BEC STATION ( (Mon-Sat ) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Suns )
Full evening service restored

27.10.43	B	33STL	30STL	15STL
	J	22STL	14STL+	10STL
			1STL/14A

FINSBURY PARK - TOOTING BEC STATION ( (Mon-Sat / Sun am) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Sun pm )
Sunday am withdrawn between Tooting Bec and Streatham Common

19.04.44	B	33STL	30STL	14STL
	J	22STL	14STL	9STL

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION ( (Mon-Sat / Sun am) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Sun pm )
Extended in Finsbury Park from Rock Street to Plimsoll Road

13.04.49	B	37STL+	355TL	24STL
		1STL/22
	J	34STL	21STL+	14STL
			3STL/134

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION ( (Mon-Sat / Sun am) - STREATHAM COMMON ( Sun pm )
Increased frequencies

03.05.50	B	42RTL	38RTL	27RTL
	J	34RT	21RT	14RT

Vehicle change as above

RTL664 Plimsoll Road - a TD type on Route 236 is parked behind

1.10.50 Trinity Road Station renamed to TOOTING BEC STATION

17.10.56	B	30RTL	27RTL	14RTL
	J	38RT	26RT	15RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION
Withdrawn between Tooting Bec & Streatham

01.05.57	B	30RTL	27RTL	17RTL
	J	38RT	26RT	18RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION :; - STREATHAM COMMON (Sunday pm)
Sunday extension from Tooting Bec to Streatham Common reintroduced.

16.10.57	B	30RTL	27RTL	14RTL
	J	38RT	26RT	15RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION
Sunday extension from Tooting Bec to Streatham Common withdrawn.

Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List

23.01.66	B	26RTL	13RTL	13RTL
	J	31RT	28RT	12RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STN (Mon-Sat);- Tooting Broadway - Southcroft Road - STREATHAM GARAGE (Suns)
Sunday extended from Tooting Bec to Streatham Garage via Tooting Broadway.

15.02.69	B	19RT	10RT	--
	J	29RT	24RT	12RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STN (Mon-Sat);- STREATHAM GARAGE (Suns)
Sunday B allocation transferred to New Route 19A Finsbury Park & Hammersmith via Putney

27.03.71	B	16RT	8RT	11RT
	J	32RT	19RT	10RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STN (Mon-Sat);- STREATHAM GARAGE (Suns)
Sunday B allocation reintroduced with the withdrawal of Route 19A.

04.09.71	B	15RT	8RT	11RT
	HT	28RT	20RT	10RT

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STN (Mon-Sat);- STREATHAM GARAGE (Suns)
J garage closes - allocation transferred to HT.

08.01.72	B	15RT	8RT	11RT
	HT	28RT	20RT	9RT

FINSBURY PARK - TOOTING BEC STN
Sunday withdrawn between Tooting Bec & Streatham

RT2731 Highbury Grove

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15.07.72	B	15RT	8RT	8RM
	HT	28RM	20RT	8RM
		+1RT/168A

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION (Mon-Sat)
Sunday Route cut back from Tooting Bec to Clapham Junction with the introduction of New Route 19A Battersea & Tooting Bec which was introduced to provide work on Sundays for the One Man drivers from Route 39 at Battersea Garage.
Sunday converted to Routemaster operation

12.08.72	B	15RM	8RM	8RM
	HT	28RM	20RM	8RM

FINSBURY PARK - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION (Mon-Sat)
RT type withdrawn in favout of RM

05.10.74	B	15RM	8RM	10RM
	HT	28RM	20RM	9RM

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION
Sunday Route extended from Clapham Junction to Tooting Bec Station with the withdrawal of Route 19A.

26.01.75	B	15RM	8RM	10RM
	HT	28RM	20RM	9RML

FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road - TOOTING BEC STATION
Sunday RML type introduced at Holloway (HT)

01.03.75	B81+	15RM	8RM	9RM
	HT1+	28RM	20RM	11RML

TUFNELL PARK Monnery Road (garage jnys) Tufnell Park Road - Holloway - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STN
Mon-Sat garage journeys via Route 4 from Finsbury Park to Holloway Garage.

07.08.76	B81+	15RM	9RM	10RM
	HT1+	29RM	21RM	11RML 1RM

21.05.77	B81+	18RM	9RM	10RM
	HT1+	25RM+	21RM	10RML 2RM
		1RM/29

31.03.79	B81+	15RM	6RM	7RM
	HT1+	25RM+	21RM	15RM
		1RM/29

FINSBURY PARK - TOOTING BEC STN
Sunday Holloway (HT) allocation reverted to RM


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27.10.84	B81+	15RM	7RM	3RM
	HT1+	19RM	13RM	16RM

ARCHWAY STATION (Mon-Sat) Dartmouth Park Hill - Tufnell Park - Holloway - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STN
Mon-Sat extended from Tufnell Park to Archway Station via Dartmouth Park Hill.

03.08.85	B81+	15RM	7RM	3RM
	HT1+	19RM	13RM	16RM

TUFNELL PARK (garage journeys) - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION
Withdrawn between Archway and Finsbury Park except for garage journeys to Tufnell Park.

02.11.85	GM81+	12RM	7RM	--
	HT1+	17RM	14RM	17RM

TUFNELL PARK (garage journeys) - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION
GM allocation introduced with the closure of Battersea Garage.

07.02.87	GM81+	12RM	7RM	--
	HT1+	17RM/RML	14RM/RML	17RM/RML

TUFNELL PARK (garage journeys) - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION
HT allocation to mixed RML/RM operation

14.06.87	GM81+	12RM	6RM	--
	HT1+	18RML/5RM	14RML	19M

TUFNELL PARK (garage journeys) - FINSBURY PARK (Suns) - TOOTING BEC STATION
Sunday Route converted to One Person Operation.
This should have started on 7th June but but due to strike action by HT commenced one week later

21.11.87	GM81+	12RM	16RM	--
	HT1+	18RML	--	19M

TUFNELL PARK Monnery Road (Mon-Fri/ Sun garage jnys) - FINSBURY PARK - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday) - TOOTING BEC STN (Suns)
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Clapham Junction and Tooting Bec - replaced by New Route 219.
Saturday HT allocation withdrawn

05.11.88	GM81+	13RM	11RM	--
	HT1+	15RML	8RML	22M

TUFNELL PARK Monnery Road (Mon-Fri/ Sun garage jnys) - FINSBURY PARK - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Monday-Saturday) - TOOTING BEC STN (Suns)
Saturday HT allocation reintroduced.

RM2048 on a Sunday working to "The Bec"

15.04.89	GM81+	26RM	15RM	--
	HT1+	--	--	22M

FINSBURY PARK - - CLAPHAM JUNCTION Boutflower Road (Mon-Sat) - TOOTING BEC STN (Suns)
Mon-Sat HT allocation withdrawn thus withdrawn between Finsbury Park and Tufnell Park.

RM614 leads a convoy at New Oxford Street

24.02.90	AL241+	--	--	10D
	GM81+	26RM	15RM	--
	HT1+	--	--	15M

FINSBURY PARK - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Mon-Sat) - TOOTING BEC STN (Suns) - Tooting Broadway. - Colliers Wood Stn - MERTON GARAGE (Sun garage jnys)
Part of Sunday HT allocation transferred to AL.
Garage journeys introduced from Tooting Bec to Merton via 155

DMS2330 (AL) at the "Falcon" stop

03.03.90	AL241+	--	--	10D
	GM81+	26RM/L	15RM/RML	--
	HT1+	--	--	15M

FINSBURY PARK - CLAPHAM JUNCTION (Mon-Sat) - TOOTING BEC STN (Suns) - MERTON GARAGE (Sun garage jnys)
Gillingham Street (GM) introduce RML.

M1038 (HT) at the Finsbury Park Station stand

25.05.91

GM81+

16RM
3RML

9RM
5RML

14M

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Withdrawn between Battersea Bridge and Tooting Bec.
HT and AL allocations withdrawn.

From 21.04.92 buses were diverted to Worlds End - Chelsea whilst repair work was carried out on Battersea Bridge and returned back to normal on 07.02.93

24.04.93

18RML

16RML

11ON

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Contract reassigned to Kentish Bus operating from a new base at Nine Elms Mon-Sat and Leyton Base Sunday.

Intending passengers are left in no doubt where RML2715 is going - seen here at Finsbury Park Station leading a Metrobus on the 106

03.10.93

18RML

16RML

11ON

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Nine Elms base replaced by Battersea - Hester Road

08.05.94

18RML

16RML

11ON

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Sunday allocation moved from Leyton (closes) to Cambridge Heath.

Kentish Bus Olympian L520 waits behind a Titan in Upper Street

28.02.98	BA1+	18RML	16RML	--
	SH31+	--	--	11dd

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Operation transferred from Kentish Bus to Arriva London South but Sunday sub-contracted to Grey Green.

25.03.00	AR221+	--	--	12VA
	BA1+	18RML	16RML	--

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Sunday only SF allocation transferred to Tottenham (AR)

29.04.00	BA1+	18RML	16RML	--
	BN201+	--	--	15M

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Sunday only AR allocation transferred to Brixton (BN). Certain early and late MS journeys operate from BN ex Route N19.

01.09.01	BA1+	18RML	16RML	13RML
ex N19	BN81+	L ex N19	L ex N19	L ex N19

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Sunday reverted to crew operation. Brixton (BN) allocation changed from Metrobus to Olympian.

RM29 Hyde Park Corner. note the registration number

31.08.02	BA1+	26RML	23RML	16RML
ex N19	BN81+	L ex N19	L ex N19	L ex N19

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Increased Route frequencies

RML2574 Sadlers Wells

02.04.05	BA401+	21DW	21DW	17DW
ex N19	BN81+	DW ex N19	DW ex N19	DW ex N19
	N401+	7DW	6DW	4DW

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Converted from crew to double deck OPO operation
Part of allocation transferred to Norwood (N) because of space consideration at BA Battersea

DW104 is seen at Knightsbridge sporting the 6 points blind layout - later to change to 2 and then 0

28.11.09	BN1+	28DW	25DW	19DW
Evenings ex N19	BN81+	DW	DW	DW

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Battersea (BA) closed and Norwood (N) allocation moved to Brixton although an office was set up at Battersea for crews to sign on

DW110 seen at Cambridge Circus with the two line display

31.03.12	SW151+	26WVL/WHV	23WVL/WHV	17WVL/WHV
Evenings ex N19	SW561+	4WVL/WHV	8WVL/WHV	8WVL/WHV

Contract reassigned to London General

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Conract reassigned to London General operating from Stockwell (SW) withVolvo Wrightbus (WVL) and hybrid (WHV)

Volvo Wrightbus WVL488 Hyde Park Corner

28.03.15	SW151+	14WHV	14WHV	11WHV
	NP531+	13WVL	13WVL	10WVL
Evenings ex N19	SW561+	4WHV	8WHV	8WHV

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Part of Stockwell (SW) allocation moved to Northumberland Park (NP)
The space at Stockwell would have been occupied by the New Contract on Route 432

Hybrid WHV30 Piccadilly waiting to navigate Hyde Park Corner

01.04.17

AR351+

26LT

20LT

	Contract reassigned

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
New Contract with Arriva London North

Route 19 returns to Arriva after a 5 year absence, HV2721 seen here at Hyde Park Corner

02.04.22

AR351+

21LT

20LT

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Contract extended for two years

30.04.24

AR351+

21LT

20LT

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Contract renewal for five years

03.08.24

AR301+

21LT

20LT

FINSBURY PARK - BATTERSEA BRIDGE South Side
Operation transferred fro Tottenham (AR) to Stamford Hill (SF)

Current blind

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Operating Garages

SF Stamford Hill
Changeover point Finsbury Park Station stand, drivers sign on at Arriva Isledon Road after morning runout

AR Tottenham
Changeover point Finsbury Park Station stand, drivers sign on at Arriva Isledon Road after morning runout

HT Holloway
Changeover points:
FINSBURY PARK STN
FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road
HIGHBURY BARN Tavern Stand

J Holloway
Changeover points:
FINSBURY PARK STN
FINSBURY PARK Plimsoll Road
HIGHBURY BARN Tavern Stand

GM Gillingham Street
Changeover points Hyde Park Corner / Knightsbridge

B Battersea
All BA changeovers are within the garage and all buses start/finish at Battersea apart from ONE Mon-Fri duty that runs light back from Finsbury Park.

BN Brixton
Changeover is @ garage via dead run from Battersea

SH Stamford Hill (Grey Green)
Changeover point Finsbury Park

CH Cambridge Heath
Changeover point Finsbury Park

N Norwood
The Norwood duties (with Norwood drivers) start/finish at Norwood but take meal reliefs at Battersea.

SW Stockwell
Changeover point Piccadilly / Hyde Park Corner and Battersea Elcho Street- crews travel on Victoria Line to Green Park from Stockwell

NP Northumberland Park
Changeover point Piccadilly / Hyde Park Corner and Finsbury Park stand

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Route History

Current blind

Operating Garages

Live visual

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