to test-drive the Routemaster and two of its successors, the modern double-decker and the articulated vehicle known here as a bendy bus. The modern models had about twice the engine power of the ...

A prototype of the new Routemaster has been in operation on the number 38 route between Victoria and Hackney since February last year. However, next month will mark the first time a route will be ...

Certainly today there was a stark illustration of that, as it has emerged the New Routemaster project (aka the New Bus for London) is in its death throes. This was the nostalgia-laden flagship ...

A full-scale model of London's new Routemaster bus has been unveiled. London mayor Boris Johnson said the buses, which will come into service 2012, were a combination of "nostalgia" and the ...

Transport for London (TfL) could be bringing back the original Routemaster sound to indicate when a bus is about to depart. The old 'ding ding' sound is also being trialled with other sounds to ...

The desperate dash to jump onto the open back of a Routemaster bus has become a thing of the past, after its famous hop-on, hop-off service came to an end. The change follows the axing of 300 cond ...

A father whose back was broken when a runaway Routemaster crashed is himself a bus driver - who today told how he used his body as a shield to protect his two sons. Steve Greensword, 57 ...

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Head round the back of this sturdy McMullen pub and you'll be confronted with a genuine vintage Routemaster. It's not just a conversation piece, either. Provided it's not closed for a private ...

In February and March, some bus routes across London will be bringing back an original safety measure from the capital’s old Routemaster buses. To stop passengers from taking a tumble ...

The Google Doodle for Wednesday, 24 September features the iconic Routemaster bus which was first unveiled to the public on this date in 1954. Google Sixty years to the day that the first ever ...