I heard from a friend who recently came from London, saying they were phasing out the double-deckers for the longer articulating variety.
I’m totally bummed. I mean, you think of Red, double-decker bus, and you think London. Everyone has the bendy busses, not so many have the double-decker ones.
After half a century, London’s famous red Routemaster buses are rattling into retirement. Thousands of fans said farewell to the famous hop-on, hop-off buses Thursday, the last full day of regular service for the icon that has been the subject of thousands of tourists’ photographs and postcards.
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The snub-nosed, open-backed Routemaster entered service in the mid-1950s as a replacement for electric trolley buses. It was the last bus to be designed specifically for London, by engineers who had worked on World War II bombers. Supporters say its light but durable aluminum frame, fuel efficiency and easy-to-repair components make it a classic piece of British design.