The last decade of Routemaster bus operation in London saw over
seven hundred surviving RMs and RMLs divided between several new
companies following the privatisation of London Buses Ltd's
subsidiaries in 1994. Now operating their existing twenty routes
under contract to LRT (renamed TfL in 2000), Centrewest, Metroline,
MTL London Northern, Leaside Buses, Stagecoach East London, South
London, London Central, London General and London United all
adopted their own predominantly red liveries, but by the turn of
the century these firms had clustered in pairs and generally sold
out to the emerging big corporate groups. Two independents, BTS and
Kentish Bus, had also won a Routemaster route each and were
similarly brought under the control of larger parents. In this
photographic archive, each company's last Routemaster-operating
decade is outlined in detail up to when each route was converted to
OPO one by one between 29 August 2003 and 9 December 2005. The two
heritage routes are then explored all the way up to their own end
in 2019.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Transport
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
Authors: |
Matthew Wharmby
|
Dimensions: |
282 x 216mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-06194-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-399-06194-1 |
Barcode: |
9781399061940 |
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