bring back lodekka buses

[onthebusesfan]

i would to love to ride and own one of these . who else agrees

[Trickyvee]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

What is a lodekka bus?

[willpurry]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Lodekka

[darren]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Lodekka

vant say i remember these.
i guess we never had them over here where iam.

did you ride on them W.P.
When did they stop.

[Trickyvee]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

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.

[Marine Boy]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

...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.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

what the buses from on the buses what where they like

[Marine Boy]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

The link willpury mentions and the main Wiki 'On the Buses' entry tells you all about it, onthebusescrazy.

[stuckinthe80's]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

Don't think we had them in the Durham area.

[sf1378]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

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.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

heres the new london 2012 bus

[Trickyvee]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

I'm surprised they can still get away with the 'hop on hop off' open back in these days of elf and safety.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

yes trickyvee bloody elf and safety stupid now days

[jrt2345]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

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.

[sf1378]

Re: bring back lodekka buses

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...