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  • Old Routemasters in Sri Lanka

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    I have been interested in buses from my childhood. Sri Lanka has had many British buses in the Government owned Sri Lanka Transport Board in the 60s and 70s. However sadly today we have hardly anything left, not even in preservation. Almost all the buses for public use today are Indian Ashok Leylands, Tatas and…

  • Front entrance and rear engined Routemasters

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    The front entranced Routemaster RMF1254 was unique in London and after being banned by the unions it was sold to Northern General who were the only provincial operator of Routemasters. All of Northern Generals Routemasters were built more or less to the same specification as RMF1254 except they had Leyland O.600 9.8 litre engines. When…

  • London Transport – AEC Routemaster – 254 CLT – RMF 1254

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    Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1962AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H38/31F Whilst on loan to Halifax Corporation this was London Transports first front entrance Routemaster, it also had a tow bar fitted so it could tow a luggage trailer when doing airport duty. I think there…

  • London Transport – AEC Routemaster – ALD 924B – RM 1924

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    Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1964AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H28/36R Here is a nice action shot of a standard Routemaster, and it’s probable out accelerating the mini next to it. This particular vehicle had the Leyland O600 9.8 litre diesel engine and it would of…

  • Northern General – AEC Routemaster – EUP 405B – 2105

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    Copyright Ronnie Hoye The Northern General Transport Company1964AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H41/31F Pictured at the Seaburn Bus Rally, this 1964 Routemaster has been beautifully restored to its original livery and is now part of the North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd collection; it was one of the second batch to be delivered. I know the…

  • London Transport – AEC Routemaster – WLT 339 – RM 339

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    London Transport1960AEC Routemaster 4/5RM5/4Park Royal H36/28R The 630 trolleybus route took over from the former South Metropolitan tramway that ran between West Croydon and Mitcham on 12 September 1937, and was extended northwards over ex LCC tramway routes to a destination that, on the vehicle blinds, rather indecisively declared itself to be “Nr. Willesden Junction”.…

  • British European Airways – AEC Routemaster – NMY 641E

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    British European Airways1967AEC RoutemasterPark Royal H32/24F From 6 October 1957 until 1 January 1974, British European Airways operated a passenger transfer service between its West London Air Terminal at Cromwell Road, Kensington and Heathrow Airport. The rolling stock fleet was staffed and maintained by London Transport, and this was reflected in the vehicle types operated.…

  • London Transport – AEC Routemaster – CUV 308C – RML 2308

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    London Transport1965AEC RoutemasterPark Royal H40/32R OBP seems yet to have a picture of Routemasters in the Country Area livery, so here is one. RML 2308, delivered to London Transport in November 1965, is seen at Biggin Hill in the following year. These green buses, which totalled one hundred in two batches of fifty, RML 2306-…