Transport for London has now confirmed the times and starting date for the trial of the new bus route from Muswell Hill to Swiss Cottage. The service, which starts on Monday, 12th January, will run as follows:

0730, 0750, 1440, 1510, from Muswell Hill Broadway

0830, 0850, 1540, 1610, from Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage

Muswell Hill councillor and GLA member Lynne Featherstone, who has campaigned for many years for the route, comments:

“This is a great day for all those who have campaigned so hard over the last six years, and for all those for whom this new bus route will make a real difference to their lives.

“I would like to say a big thank you to Mayor Livingstone for listening to people in the area, and to Transport for London for all the work they have done to make this trial possible.

“The challenge ahead will be to persuade the Mayor that it is not just schoolchildren who need this route, but others need it just as much. Mothers with buggies, workers, visitors and patients to the Royal Free Hospital and all those who would want to go to Hampstead or Swiss Cottage by bus rather than by car need this route as well.

“I wish the trial every success and look forward to its expansion to a full service in the very near future.”