Originally posted by lemon1974:
Extracted from www.routemaster.org.uk/rmnews.htm
The 2 Heritage Routes, announced
in September, are now in operation.
[b]Heritage Route 15: Trafalgar Square -
Strand - Fleet Street - Ludgate Hill - Cannon Street - Eastcheap -
Tower Hill (Operator - Stagecoach)
Bus Route 9: Royal Albert Hall - Kensington Road - Knightsbridge -
Piccadilly - Trafalgar Square - Strand - Aldwych (Operator -
First)
As we predicted, the buses are the TfL-owned ones that were
refurbished with modern 'clean' engines 2 or 3 years ago.
Also as predicted, 10 buses operate the routes (5 on each) with 6
others held in reserve, giving a total of 16.
The routes will run from 0930 to 1800, seven days a week with a 15
minute service interval.
The routes will employ a total crew of 50 and all the usual London
ticketing arrangements will apply i.e. there will not be any
special fares.
So, good news at last and let us hope that these will be successful
ventures. Please support them so that RM operation can continue in
London beyond December 9th.[/b]
Brochure of Routemaster can be downloaded here:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/downloads/heritage-bus-routes-brochure.pdf
