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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 permanently open. The layout of the new bus allows it to be operated by the driver alone. The cost of each bus was £355,000 over the four-year procurement ...
RM1414 lower deck in October 2006. 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 Wright SRM (Son of Route Master [1]) is a twin-axle double-decker bus body manufactured by Wrightbus in 2016, designed for the Volvo B5LH and Volvo B5LHC hybrid chassis.. The design is based on the New Routemaster, sharing the majority of body panels up to the rear quarter section but having no second staircase or third door.
Route SL3 was introduced on 24 February 2024, using New Routemasters previously operated by London United on route 9. [4] [5] [6] It is operated by Selkent. [7] [8] After a competitive tendering process, the contract was reawarded to Selkent from January 2025 with the New Routemasters to be replaced by new battery electric buses. [9]
The AEC Routemaster buses which operated route 137 since 1 November 1964 were replaced by one-person operated Wright Pulsar Gemini bodied DAF DB250s on 10 July 2004, ending a remarkable forty years of service [3] New Routemasters were introduced on 6 December 2014. The rear platform remains closed at all times except for when the bus is at bus ...
In late 2015, Alexander Dennis launched the Enviro400 City, a premium model of the Enviro400 MMC, featuring a restyled front end to match the single-decker Enviro200 MMC and a glass staircase as standard amongst other features, designed to compete with the New Routemaster and Wright SRM designs in the London bus market.
An AEC Routemaster bus with route 38 blinds is displayed in the Falkland Islands capital of Port Stanley. [17] The bus and its route is central to the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew, listing many of its stops and landmarks along the way. [18] It has been adapted as a concert work by the composer Jonathan Dove.
It was replaced by new route 316 at the same time. [2] On 13 October 2007, the frequency of the route was reduced to compensate for the introduction of new route 332 which commenced operating on the same date. [3] New Routemaster buses were introduced on 26 September 2015. The rear platform remains closed at all times except when the bus is at ...