Reporting from London — London wouldn’t be London without its red double-decker buses. Icons on wheels, they’re as much a part of the city’s history as the landmarks and monuments they roll past, ...

2024 sees the 70th anniversary of the iconic Routemaster bus. Hop aboard for a speedy history of these legendary double-deckers. 1933: Up to this point, London has had as many as 40 types of bus on ...

Routemaster buses were not ‘sleek’ machines but angular, noisy, smelly, cumbersome, obstructive, draughty and uncomfortable behemoths that made no concessions to their users. Modern buses have wider ...

London – 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 today, the last full day of ...

Dec. 9, 2005 — -- It's been a staple on the London streets for 50 years, but the red double-decker Routemaster bus -- the one you could hop on and hop off -- is no longer the staple of London ...

LONDON – The bus was late, but it won’t happen again. People thronged London’s streets Friday and jostled for seats aboard a double-decker Routemaster bus making its last run, 40 minutes late in ...

Google has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of the first Routemaster bus with a Doodle on its front page. The Routemaster was designed in the 1950s to replace London’s trolleybus ...

It’s one of the most iconic vehicles on London’s roads, but the ageing red Routemaster bus, currently serving two routes, is set to be replaced by the modern hybrid “Boris Bus” entirely. The old-style ...

With their open hop-on hop-off platforms and face-like front bonnet they were the buses that captured the hearts of everyone who rode them. So what better way to remember the Routemaster than building ...

London’s new Routemaster bus has major battery issues. The bus, thanks to its “green” diesel-electric hybrid powertrain, is meant to be “the most environmentally friendly bus of its type”—according to ...

Passengers using London's New Routemaster buses will only be able to board them using the front door in future, transport bosses have said. The vehicles were originally designed to allow people to ...