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There, Boris Johnson stood on the steps of the bus and waved a Cornish pasty; this received criticism as the pasty was protected by the EU's Protected Geographical Indication rules, meaning it could not be made anywhere other than Cornwall while being named as such, though the Leave campaign stated these protections would remain in force. [5]
However, Boris Johnson won the election and in September 2012 approved the order for 600 of the new buses, with public funding required estimated at £160 million. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] The prototypes remain in service on route 38.
Superloop is an express bus network in London, England, that forms part of the London Buses network and connects Outer London town centres, railway stations and transport hubs. Orbital express bus routes were proposed in 2008 by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, with further proposals by the London Assembly in 2017.
The prime minister pledged more frequent buses and cheaper fares alongside a long-awaited confirmation the controversial High Speed Two project will go ahead. HS2 'set for green light' as Johnson ...
In September 2007, Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate for the 2008 Mayor of London elections, said that his first act as mayor of London would be to "scrap" articulated buses and replace them with a "modern-day AEC Routemaster" with an open rear platform and a conductor. [8]
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May 2016: Boris Johnson MP drives a sports car during the Brexit Battle Bus tour in Leeds, England. The ‘Vote Leave’ campaign hoped to persuade voters to leave the European Union in the ...
By 2008, the London fleet stood at 393 buses. In August 2008, following the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London, it was announced the articulated buses would be withdrawn as their five-year operating contracts came to an end, starting from May 2009. [2] [8] Route 207 was the last route to operate articulated buses on 10 December 2011 ...