The RT was a really great bus. Everything London Transport learned working with the RT went into the design of the RM. The result being a truly magnificent bus. 50 years running in London streets. No other vehicle of any type could possibly equal that record. Incidentally I visited Bow depot when it housed trolley buses but that's another memory.
"No vehicle of any type" is a claim too bold. Trams such as Tatra T3 and RVR-6 have served for more, and even among buses the RM has rivals like the Ikarus 280 and LiAZ-677.
When you consider how much revenue they lose now it would have made sense to keep the conductors. Mind you they'd need a stabproof vest with the Londoners there today. I first rode the RM in 1959 when London was civilised.
Or not buy hundreds of bendy buses fare dodgers can take advantage of then bin them all and replace them with a thousand shitty expensive nostalgia buses that fare dodgers can again take advantage of
@@rabd9881 The original RM great that it was caused the demise of the trolleybus. They binned the trolley because they needed a big order to cover development of RM. The trolleys were the oldest so they went. A network of trolleys that were large, quiet and environmentally friendly lost forever. A lot were sold to Spain.
1982 was the year when Routemasters started being withdrawn in large numbers, and over 1500 out of the total of 2760 had gone within a decade, but others survived the short RMs and the later long RMLs.
It was so sad to see the RM go. Watching this took me right back to my childhood, a long time ago, I’m now 70. Hopping on & off the bus was natural, an everyday thing, just like a good cuppa ☕️ I only wish I had bought one!
Best of British, for sure. New buses full of plastic and electronics. Beautiful ending, especially the regular passengers acknowledging the occasion. The Routemaster might be down, but they will never be out and be around for many years to come. Hope they preserved 2760? Cracking, but sad video. Much appreciated, well done!
From bottom of my heart a big thanks to the uploader 😊 this video reminds me of my childhood time miss route 8 bus theses day's will not come back again!!
In Ushuaia (southern most city in Argentina) 2015 we found this old LT Route Master doing the round the city tourist ride. We had to the trip, many childhood London memories in southern Argentina. The only downside they had painted it blue and had to put a Mercedes engine in it, the old LT engine given up the ghost for lack of spares.
Expensive boring heaps of shit, in addition to how much it cost to buy them they’ve also lost thousands from fare dodgers. No operator outside of london will want them. Fuck Boris
You don't have to be in a wheelchair to be disabled. The majority of disabled users were people that benefited from having a conductor onboard to assist them.
There was a heritage day on the number 11 in October. The bus stopped at a bustop with a wheelchair user wishing to use the bus. She couldn't as it was a Routemaster and had to wait for the next bus. The Routemasters were also a pain for buggy users. Other than that so iconic, with a long life set to come.
Its the same as the Taxi trade. We had to change 500 vehicles in my area to accommodate wheelchair users at an additional cost of 15K per driver. We probably pick up 10 wheelchair users a week in total across our driver network. There must be a better way. I would love to see the wheelchair user stats for the buses and what it has cost to change all the buses.
SMK760F has had its repaint & Refurbishment of the Interior & Exterior into its 1968 London Transport Condition in its Red Livery with 1968 Adverts on the front & sides by Stagecoach London & Hants & Dorset Trim in Hampshire with the Interior Refurbished for London Bus Museum on a Five Year Loan from Stagecoach London
this is 2004 hearing the accents it seems more like 1960 i was born 1990 and talk like these ppl and cos i do everone accumes i am from kent or somewere ellse outside of london
I remember hopping on and off these busses as a young man. I found that queuing meant little in London in 1969. I ended up taking the tube from then on and only used busses for different routes.
I don’t believe it’s anything to do with the rear platform for disabled access.. it’s all to do with cost of conductor. Saving money .. so sad 😞 these buses are London! They could easily run a mixture of new buses and routemaster on routes
I was on the last bus. that's me falling onto the bench seat at Bow. it was a long sad day. Stagecoach did themselves proud. RMS Proper bus CAN I HAVE A DRIVE??
Hi Guy's my name is Mr C. T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why coudn't you find a nice fresh shiny Leyland Titan B15's and Repaint them to a Grey Green Color's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 125, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guy would like to find about 11 Leyland Titan B15's, please could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Color's for us because it would be a Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Color's and I'am a Big Fan of all of the Leyland Titan B15's😉😉😉😄😄
RM 871 is also on route 15, right? I rode it once but was disappointed to learn that the original engine was swapped to an Iveco or something like that...
Tridents are wrecks? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gbkGcf2_Kyk.html Listen to the sound of this bus and tell me it’s rubbish. Nostalgia merchant
I've flown planes as old as these buses, when they get to the end of there live they just give them a "full service" they basically re-strip the outer fuselage of the plane and replace it along with other miscellaneous parts. I didn't think our flight club owned any planes younger then 20 years and if an old Cessna can maintain flight at that age I'm sure a london bus can do better!
Its politics and the PC brigade that killed them. You can get wheelchairs on an RM we used to do it. and on the PD3's (similar) and old trams, at Blackpool The conductor leans back pulling the handles and the person with them gives the footrests a nudge up. The wheelcair fits safely in the conductors cubby hole by the staircase. Despite what the PC lot say, wheelchair users are rarely on their own. I only remember one occasion, and my driver came around and helped us then
I have never driven a routemaster but I totally agree with him about the new busses. I used to drive modern busses and they were completely knackered and falling to bits within a few years. They weren't built properly and made as cheaply as possible.
I only had my PSV since 2014, I have driven routemasters, and honestly compared to what I trained in, I loved driving them. I have driven RM and RML's all over London for private hire's and I always look forward in doing so. So much better then driving a Envrio 400 or something like that.
Hi Guy's it is Mr C. T. Boxill-Harris again I was thinking, Why couldn't you find other more 23 nice fresh Shiny Leyland Titan B15's and repaint them Also into a Imperial Cream and Green like the Essex East London Bus route H1 and 100 so they can Share a chance to run on the London Bus route such as the N6, 41 and that includes the bus route Number Four, if you guy needed that interesting idea's to let us know on the comment's down below so you can reuse those Imperial Cream and Green Leyland Titan B15's on those interesting London bus Route, Please Please can you reuse them within the Begining of Every November within Every Five and a Half Months Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much Guy's😉😉😉😅😉😉😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😀😃😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😀😃😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😀😃😅😀😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😀😃😀😃😀😃😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😅😀😃😀😃😀😅😀😃😀😃😀😃😃😀😃😀😃😀😅😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😃😅😀😃😀😃😀😃😃😀👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👏👍👏👍
Extended Bodies for Most of the Buses Much as I am not comfortable to ask the depot why they stopped running the London Suburban Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s on routes N26, 30, 121, 230, 271, 349, N279 And 158 why can’t we make the same make of the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Buses but Modernise the insides of these Buses. Also make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space for the wheelchair users. By the way, if you could remake and Modernise these vehicles could they also make it into a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s that if it will be possible and to Modernise the insides of these Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a Little bit more so there will be more space and even a London Suburban Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more. Why couldn’t we have those London Suburban Buses Pale red on the top roof Pale red again on the top middle Milk Chocolate brown on the middle Creamy white on the Bottom Middle and Milk Chocolate Brown again on the Bottom on most of those kind of those Particular Double Decker Vehicles. Could you put the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox in the Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also put the Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox in the Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more and also turn most of them to a London Suburban Buses. By the way could you also make the routes N26, 349, 121, N279 and 271 into a London Suburban Buses and have a mixture of a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s. Could they also transfer the Arriva Bus Depots from Hackney to Stagecoach company so they can replace all the Arriva buses so that all of them can go to Birmingham and Leeds and they can be replaced by Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles and that includes A Mixture of a Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Engine Northern Counties Palatine One and that Includes a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles A Little Bit More. Can Arriva London Bus Company’s Replace Most of their Wight Buses so they can also transfer them to Birmingham and Also Manchester so they can be Replaced by Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles A Little Bit More Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much. Oh buy the way could the bus Factory Companies also Make More of Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles And that also includes Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC And also Extend the Middle Body part of those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and that also includes The Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus A Little Bit More And Paint Those 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and that also includes The Northern Counties Palatine One with a Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Diesel engines with a Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearboxes and The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles to the Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 and the 103, If all The Leyland Titan B15’s are Fully Red and even Mostly Red, could they also Repaint All of The Leyland Titan B15’s into Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 so they can Reuse them for Only Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse them on those Rail Replacement London Bus Routes if that will Be Alright for Only Just Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse Those Buses Only on the London Bus Routes witch are The 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, N26 so Please make sure that the builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!!! And Please do something about these Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Important Professional Ideas Please Please Prime Minister and also Includes the Mayor of London.😉😉😅😅😅😅😀😃😀😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃👏👏👏👏👍👏👏👏👏👍👏👏
A very sad film just another reason to get out of the E.U. and run our own lives. A great bus that would never date and could have served Londoners for another 50 years.
@@mahammad We haven't left the EU yet, British Government Politician are still fighting over the redraw agreement with Brussels. it be another two years before we fully out of the European union,
Leaving the EU won't bring back the Routemaster, nor I suspect end the involvement of foreign concerns in runnng not only many of our bus companies, but also rail companies too come to that.
