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So it's an old-style double decker. I'm afraid that is as far as my knowledge goes as the only ones I know of are the Routemasters that were in London. I see Lodekkas are the ones they used for On The Buses (I should have guessed ). TBH I thought they were Routemasters - shows you how much I know. Anyway they are quite cool. I got to ride one like it at a bus ralley last year, no idea what type of bus it was though.
...I see Lodekkas are the ones they used for On The Buses (I should have guessed ). TBH I thought they were Routemasters - shows you how much I know...
Me too, but come to think of it, they did have a couple in the television studio itself so maybe buses of a lower height were more practical.
That new London Routemaster's disgusting. I saw a potential design someone put forth and it really did look like a modernised, updated R.M. with all the classic parts but with a modern look to it, should have won the competition for the R.M. Boris did...why they made the one they did is beyond me, its hardly a R.M. at all...we used to have original R.M.s in Reading when a group of former Reading Buses drivers founded Reading Mainline...google it. I really like them too.
I am quite fond of the new routemasters, although some aspects look unusual, such as the black and red on the front, plus the headlights, but apart from that I hope there will be thousands of these across Britain, and hopefully some will be given test runs near Scarborough! I quite like the buses from OTB, although nowadays I prefer the newer buses such as ADL Enviro 400s and Wrightbus StreetLite. But then again it is nice to ride on the old buses now and then.
Do a Google for the current buses used by Reading Buses. We have some of the most modern, cleanest and environmentally friendly ones in the country. Also, they have a colour coded route system on all the buses paint schemes - its nicer to see them than just a plain rationalised one for all paint scheme like in London or other counties...
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