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A London data analyst has mapped the capital’s “most unequal bus routes” showing how income varies along different lines.

Trainee analyst George Walker, 29, trawled through data for more than 600 bus routes to develop the clever tool, which shows the stark gap between rich and poor and the buses which pass through both wealthy and deprived areas.

Bus number 19 was found to be London’s most unequal route, running from Finsbury Park Interchange to Parkgate Road in Fulham.

The 19 bus travels through affluent Chelsea, where average household income peaks at over £182,000 at the Markham Street bus stop, as well as Sloane Square which has an average income of £138,000.

Nearer the beginning of its route, the bus passes through Eagle Wharf Road in Islington and Mintern Street in Hoxton where income is far lower at £37,000.

Also ranked in the top five most unequal routes is the number 6, which runs along Mayfair’s famous Park Lane where average income tops £176,000 as well as West Kilburn’s Neville Close and Cambridge Road where income averages £34,000.

“If you've ever taken a bus going a long way you know that bus routes can pass areas of really different wealth,” Mr Walker, who lives in Stockwell, said.

“I was interested to see how income changed along the bus routes and which passed through both the richer and poorer parts of the city.”

He is enrolled in the Data School at London’s The Information Lab, which trains people to use the data software Tableau and Alteryx.

Using Tableau, which allows analysts to map data visually and create interactive tools, Mr Walker used bus stop and route information from Transport for London and statistics from the Greater London Authority on 2012 mean income per household.

It comes after new research from charity Trust for London was released earlier this month, acting as a reminder of London’s huge wealth inequality.

It found the poorest fifth of households own just 0.1 per cent of the capital’s wealth including finances and property.

Despite record numbers of people being in work, 2.3 million people are living in poverty.