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Today´s Route 21, the second service in London to use this route number, started as such on ] ], as a daily Motor-bus route between ] and ] (Canal Bridge), replacing the withdrawn Horse-Bus service 40. By the end of the ], the 21 operated between ] (Fishmongers Arms) and ] and ]. In the ] and ], the 21 as well as its sister 20 (later 21A), connected Wood Green and ], ], and ] as well as ]. During ], in an effort to save on diesel and rubber, the 21 was cut back from Wood Green to ] (Finsbury Square), this section had been duplicated by ] Route 641, which used "home grown" Electricity. From the late ] onwards, the 21 was gradually reduced, parts of its route hived off to other services. In ], in a period of increased Bus use in London, the 21, after a period of 65 years absence, has once again been extended to Newington Green. |
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Today´s Route 21, the second service in London to use this route number, started as such on ] ], as a daily Motor-bus route between ] and ] (Canal Bridge), replacing the withdrawn Horse-Bus service 40. By the end of the ], the 21 operated between ] (Fishmongers Arms) and ] or ]. In the ] and ], the 21 as well as its sister 20 (later 21A), connected Wood Green and ], ] and ], as well as ]. During ], in an effort to save on diesel and rubber, the 21 was cut back from Wood Green to ] (Finsbury Square), this section had been duplicated by ] Route 641, which used "home grown" Electricity. From the late ] onwards, the 21 was gradually reduced, parts of its route hived off to other services. In ], in a period of increased Bus use in London, the 21, after a period of 65 years absence, has once again been extended to Newington Green. |
