Bye Bye Routemaster

[Eric Mc]

End of the road for the old Routemaster today.

Also, it was the last of the "Open Platform" style buses operating in the British Isles.

[MikeyT]

Thought it was yesterday? Anyway, they said on the radio that there are still a few guided tours using them so not dead yet. Shame, really. Bloody safety laws ...

[Marki]

They were going to run them until 2016 when the EU open access for the disabled came into effect , but good old Ken brought this foward to now

[Jaglover]

Replaced by massive 'bendy' buses which are totally unsuited to London's roads, all the bright idea of that reptilian scum, Livingstone.

[anonymous-user]

One of my first memories of growing up in London as a small boy is travelling on a Routemaster.




And MrsU won't let me buy one.

[Marki]

unrepentant said:

And MrsU won't let me buy one.

Cant you kind of hide it away round the back some place where theres a will theres a way and all that

How much are they being sold off for any way ?

[Cotty]

they keep bringing out retro styled cars why not do the same with busses rather than just design a square box on wheels with no heart


Sad day

[minicity]

MikeyT said:

Thought it was yesterday? Anyway, they said on the radio that there are still a few guided tours using them so not dead yet. Shame, really. Bloody safety laws ...

I don't think they are guided tours exactly. They are "additional" routes that have been picked to link places of interest. Start tomorrow morning.

And I travel on "bendy" buses a lot and have never been on one that got stuck anywhere.

[scorp]

Why do you londoners vote ken in anyways?

[fryske]

we've just bought one - it's going to be converted into a publicity vehicle - hopefully I get to drive it!!

[catretriever]

Jaglover said:

Replaced by massive 'bendy' buses which are totally unsuited to London's roads, all the bright idea of that reptilian scum, Livingstone.

I absolutely F**ing hate those F***ing B*****d things. They must be single handedly responsible for more congestion than any other vehicle on the road. One of the few vehicles that can hinder pedestrian progress as well as vehicular progress. Stupid stupid stupid

[anonymous-user]

The perfect bus for London. Designed by engineers when quality and fit-for-purpose meant something, killed by short-sighted accountants and the politically correct.

>> Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 9th December 09:48

[imp123]

oh and if you travel on the bendy buses hardly anybody actually pays on them using the oyster swipe thingy!!!

how the hell can they afford to run the things?

[scared but happy]

London Mayor Ken Livingstone once said only a "moron" would axe the Routemaster.

www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13475929,00.html

[iandbeech]

I think there is a programme about them on BBC4 sometime Saturday 10th December.

[tomtom]

anonymous said:

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Bond will have to stop at Mr Patel's to pay his congestion charge, then find a £60 parking ticket on his Aston when he returns.

[apache]

Proof positive that accountants rule the world, how did we get to this

[Eric Mc]

Oi - an accountant started this thread!!!!!!!!!!

[nubbin]

unrepentant said:

One of my first memories of growing up in London as a small boy is travelling on a Routemaster. And MrsU won't let me buy one.

It'd make a fantastic greenhouse!

[apache]

Eric Mc said:

Oi - an accountant started this thread!!!!!!!!!!

yes but no but ......you're not a normal accountant, you like aeroplanes and cars