LONDON – The bus was late, but it won’t happen again. People thronged London’s streets Friday and jostled for seats aboard a double-decker Routemaster bus making its last run, 40 minutes late in ...
Bought at Greenwich market for our little boy Jonnie, he loves playing with it and pretending he is a London bus driver. The paint is peeling and some of the windows are broken, this object has ...
2024 sees the 70th anniversary of the iconic Routemaster bus. Hop aboard for a speedy history of these legendary double-deckers. 1933: Up to this point, London has had as many as 40 types of bus on ...
It’s the noise I miss the most. The Kennington Road is a barren speedtrack. Buses can get up a good lick there, if passengers at request stops don’t flag them down. Even if your head was in the ...
London's Mayor Boris Johnson has long championed greener public transport, but his hybrid Routemaster buses are now being criticised for faulty batteries and an overdependence on diesel. According to ...
Vintage Routemaster buses are to transport visitors to a Salisbury Plain village abandoned during the Second World War. In 1943, the 150 people living in Imber were asked to move out so that the ...
Buses have been in the news of late, as the Labour government has granted all local authorities the potential power to take control of services in the area by being able to set timetables and routes ...
Dec. 9, 2005 — -- It's been a staple on the London streets for 50 years, but the red double-decker Routemaster bus -- the one you could hop on and hop off -- is no longer the staple of London ...
Scrapping the Routemaster bus and replacing it with a modern fleet is inflicting even more noise on Londoners, a new survey reveals. Newer buses are so much noisier, experts say it is like turning up ...