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The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The first prototype was completed in September 1954 and the last one was delivered in 1968.
Compared to the original New Routemaster, it is 0.7m shorter, but removes the rear doors and staircase. Wright Pulsar Gemini (2003) Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV (2007) Wright StreetLite (2010) New Routemaster (2012) Wright StreetDeck (2014) Wright SRM (2016) Wright StreetAir (2017) Wright Eclipse Gemini (2001-2019) Wright StreetDeck Electroliner (2023)
The number of the parallel route 15 was adopted for the AEC Routemasters, despite potential for confusion with the main 15. Ten buses were allocated to the operator; 5 for the daily turnout, 3 operational spares and 2 as a "strategic reserve".
To counter unfavourable media coverage of the withdrawal of London's classic AEC Routemaster fleet, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone promised to introduce a heritage Routemaster operation. [2] [3] After hopes that this would be operated commercially [citation needed], it eventually materialised as tendered short workings on two existing routes ...
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The design for the new double-decker bus was inspired by the original AEC Routemaster and features three doors and two staircases to allow accessible boarding. Unlike the AEC Routemaster, the new bus has a full front end rather than the protruding, bonneted "half cab" design, and a rear platform with a door that can be closed, rather than being ...
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The route became one of two AEC Routemaster routes to pass to a private operator in advance of the privatisation of London Buses (the other being route 19, which passed to Kentish Bus earlier the same year). This resulted in the closure of Finchley garage, as route 13 was by then its main route.