We are told that rides will take place every 10-20 minute, with most on the RT-types free for passengers, except on the RT1 - the London Bus Museum's restored prototype operating today for the first time anywhere since 1945 - for which there will be a £10 charge. There are sure to be a fair few passengers out enjoying the buses, for in your author's limited experience the only transport-fans more obsessive than the train-spotters are the bus-spotters, but they're usually a friendly bunch as long as you engage them with an open mind and a willingness to learn obscure facts about buses.
For more, see http://www.londonbusmuseum.com/rt75/
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If the RT-type disappeared from London streets in 1945, what double decker red bus was used after that date? I didn't move to London until 1972 and although I am forgetting bits and pieces, I am sure I remember double deckers back then. The word "iconic" is over used and wrongly used, but not in this case.
ReplyDeleteHi held...the RT was the main London bus used in the late 1940′s and `1950′s until it was replaced by the lighter Routemaster type bus, but some did run later. It was only that particular prototype that was not used after 1945
DeleteThe last RT buses in daily service ran until 1979 when they were withdrawn from route 62.
ReplyDeleteThe so-called pre-war RTs, of which there were 151, lasted through to 1955. I well remember them passing my grandmother's home in Eltham on the tram-replacement route 182. Last Saturday I travelled on one for the first time since then!
ReplyDeleteThanks, very kind of you to provide more details & some great memories!
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