Welcome to the London Routemaster Bus web site
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Click on the blinds to navigate to the photo pages.
Updated 13th January 2012.
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.
This site is a tribute to this remarkable vehicle and 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 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.
**Update 13/01/12:
The new bus for London has been out and about recently before delivery for running on route 38. But
do I include it here? Is it a new Routemaster? Well, not really, as its a bus in its own right, but a photo or two may just find its
way here at some point!.
Update 20/11/11.
Had a day in central London yesterday and managed to ride an RM on the 9 down to Kensington,
so a few new pictures on the 9H and 15H page, as well as an interesting RML on Photos page 2!.
WANTED:
Mike Wright is looking for photos of RM952 when painted blue and advertised Dinky Toys and Meccano. Please mail him at
wfami@dodo.com.au.
Brixton's RML2730 crosses Westminster Bridge with Big Ben in the background.
The date.....Thursday 8th December 2005, the last full
day of operation.
IMPORTANT: No pictures may be reproduced or reused without prior permission!! Thanks, Steve Watson
Wanted - a Routemaster canopy blind box and bus blinds!
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.
I also collect E-Plates and bus blinds so if you have any for sale please contact me.
Also please email me if you would like to contribute any photos as a guest - with appropriate credits of course!
