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Wanted - a Routemaster canopy blind box!
Brixton's RML2730 crosses Westminster Bridge with Big Ben in the background.
The date.....Thursday 8th December 2005, the last full
day of operation.
The Routemaster bus was an icon which has run in London for over 50 years. The design of this bus was way ahead of its time and just
right for the travelling conditions in London.
It outlived much newer buses due to its flexibility, speed and build quality, only
being replaced on age and cost grounds. As an enthusiast, I wanted to produce a tribute to this remarkable vehicle.
This site contains photos taken by me from 2003 onwards as a pictorial history of the final years in service of this fine British
icon. Please feel free to browse through the photos pages.
Route 159 was the last mainstream Routemaster route in London, its last
day was 9th December 2005, however parts of the 9 & 15 have Routemasters running on them as Heritage routes. Removing the RM was
not a popular move, and a lady on the Heritage 9 said to me, "New buses look very nice and shiny but they haven't got the class that
a Routemaster has".
The good news is that the 9H & 15H have been recently re-awarded for 5 years so we will continue to see heritage
buses running in London until 2015.
Boris Johnson planned a new 'Routemaster' (called New Bus for London or NB4L) as part of his manifesto.
The final design has been unveiled. See the TfL site for details here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx
IMPORTANT NOTE: No pictures may be reproduced or reused without prior permission. Please respect this request.
I have a number of 'PP' blinds that I would like to put in a canopy blind box so if you have one for sale or know of one, please email
me at steve@routemaster-bus.org.uk. Thanks. I also collect E-Plates - if you have any for sale please email me.
Also please email me if you would like to contribute any photos as a guest - with appropriate credits of course!
Last update: 22nd July 2010 with some photo changes on pages 1 & 2!.
Click on the blinds to navigate to the photo pages.
