Routemaster Bus Virtual Tours
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
If someone from abroad is asked to describe items synonymous with London, it’s likely that a red London bus would be in the top three. The Routemaster is the bus people tend to think of when describing this London icon – hardly surprising given that they were on the capital’s streets for 50 years. Now just 16 remain in service on two central London ‘heritage routes’, though these too will have disappeared by 2017. A long way past London Transport’s original retirement date of 1978! (more…)