Can you spot all three generations of buses in this photo? 🚌👀 Thanks for sharing, Nathan
1964 Routemaster. Assuming it still exists, it's now 58 years old. Less than 3000 were built, the last one in 1967 (55 years ago)and to the best of my knowledge more than 1000 of them are still in use in one way or another. I believe that is unique for any bus design ever, and, given the complexity of modern buses, unlikely ever to be repeated.
Simon Foster
1y
There is a fourth in front of the new Routemaster….
Steve Hughes
1y
There’s only one that stands out from the crowd - the RML , had the pleasure of driving one , and the metro . your missing a few more legends in the mix - the Leyand National and the Leyand Lynx which shaped transport in smaller towns and we must not forget the small single midibuses in the Nineties we used to call them Bread vans - Mercedes’ MA’s again used around smaller towns. Which helped with recruiting the younger generation to get there Bus licenses. Fab times.
Andy Knight
1y
Great photo especially the early RouteMaster which from the registration number was built in 1964 !
It’s a bit difficult that…
Max Kraus
1y
I was fortunate to live in London for many years and got the No14 to and from work every day - which was one of the last routes to drop the Routemaster. Just loved everything about the RM.
Yeah that would be the only 3 buses in the photo!!! 😂😂😂😂😂📸
I can spot my office at 60 Ludgate Hill.. 🔝
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1yLove the old buses but the run for the back was soul destroying when you couldn’t quite make it! Imagining everyone seeing my ‘running face of desperation’ and feeling the burn 😀