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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...
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    The New Routemaster, originally referred to as the New Bus for London and colloquially as the Borismaster or Boris Bus, is a low-floor hybrid diesel–electric...
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  • Routemaster may refer to: AEC Routemaster, a front-engined double-decker bus built 1954–1968 in London New Routemaster, a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker...
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    unsuitable for London, and to introduce a modern version of the AEC Routemaster. Withdrawals began in July 2009, when articulated buses on routes 38...
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    AEC Routemasters were the staple diet of the garage for many years until the new Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250LFs arrived. The final Routemasters left...
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    Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Vessel in New York City, and the New Routemaster bus. The Garden Bridge over the Thames in Central London was cancelled...
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    Boris Johnson unveiled the design of the New Routemaster, the proposed replacement for the Routemaster as an iconic standard bus for exclusive use in...
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    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...
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    is designed in a "retro" style reminiscent of London Transport's AEC Routemaster. A total of 217 City Masters, including 15 open-top buses, were built...
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    improve emissions involved replacing older diesel buses such as the AEC Routemaster, use of ultra-low-sulfur diesel, and fitting diesel particulate filters...
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  • Regent II (1945) Regal III (1947) Regent III (1947) Regal IV (1949) AEC Routemaster (1954) Merlin/Swift (1964) Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart/Enviro200H...
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  • New Routemaster London bus, introduced in February 2012 as an update of the AEC Routemaster. Production ended in 2017 when the 1,000th New Routemaster left...
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    with an English view of English culture. One example is the red AEC Routemaster London double-decker bus. Matryoshka dolls are seen internationally as...
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    and today the best-known example is the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster. Double-deckers in urban transport were also in common use in other places...
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    contemporary recognizable form of full-sized buses from the 1950s. The AEC Routemaster, developed in the 1950s, was a pioneering design and remains an icon...
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    the city in 1947 with the AEC Regent III RT (predecessor to the AEC Routemaster). London's coach hub is Victoria Coach Station, opened in 1932. Nationalised...
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    London services. Livingstone supported the withdrawal of the vintage AEC Routemaster buses from regular service in London. Livingstone introduced the London...
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    continued use of the Routemaster bus on some of the busiest routes in the most congested parts of central London. The Routemaster remained favoured due...
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    Advertisement for John's West End musical Billy Elliot on a Routemaster bus in London, 2007...
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    withdrawal of London's classic AEC Routemaster fleet, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone promised to introduce a heritage Routemaster operation. After hopes that...
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    in service on route 11 in the 1950s. On 12 June 1959, the fourth AEC Routemaster in passenger service (RM14), entered service on route 11 from Riverside...
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    London bus in the 1950s and continued to outnumber the better-known Routemaster throughout the 1960s. The prototype (London Transport RT 1) was built...
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    Sevenoaks Schools". Go-Coach. Retrieved 11 July 2024. Axe to fall on Routemaster route Bus & Coach Professional 30 January 2014 RMs to be withdrawn from...
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    and replacing the articulated buses with an updated version of the AEC Routemaster. Targeting the Conservative-leaning suburbs of outer London, it capitalised...
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  • was a British industrial designer, best known for his work on the AEC Routemaster bus and the AGA cooker. He also designed the GPO Pay On Answer STD equipment...
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    to receive both short and long wheelbase AEC Routemasters for its Central London routes. The Routemasters remained at the garage until July 2005, when...
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  • to drive a number of other vehicles, ranging from a Citroën 2CV to a Routemaster Bus, amongst others. Bond's most famous car is the silver grey Aston...
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  • Thumbnail for London Buses route 15
    workings of route 15 were provided by route 15H with traditional AEC Routemaster buses between 2005 and 2019. Route 15 was introduced in November 1908...
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    and until the beginning of the 1980s, Alperton had an entirely AEC Routemaster and Daimler Fleetline allocation. The first MCW Metrobuses arrived in...
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    World Wide Web, Tomb Raider, K2 telephone box, London tube map, AEC Routemaster bus and the Supermarine Spitfire. The series has broken several records...
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