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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2012 22:41:58 GMT
Are there any routes outside London area that uses the AEC Routemaster buses on a short section of the route similar to the London Heritage routes 9 and 15?
But not the very part time ones like with the Epping and Ongar bus service which used the AEC Regent's on the route.
But services for a Routemaster outside London must be rare now?
But i wonder what the fare is like there.
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Post by twobellstogo on Sept 17, 2012 12:18:31 GMT
Classic Bus North West use some Routemasters on their Blackpool Seafront route 12.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 19:38:32 GMT
Classic Bus North West use some Routemasters on their Blackpool Seafront route 12. Well congratulations to that company for keeping up the routemaster spirit in UK.  I wonder what the fare is and the length of the route. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 19:51:59 GMT
First Eastern Counties use Routemasters on summer service 3 in Great Yarmouth. They were absent from the route in 2011, but they were back for this season. The route is a decent length, connecting the large number of holiday camps in the area to Great Yarmouth.
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Post by twobellstogo on Sept 18, 2012 12:21:27 GMT
Classic Bus North West use some Routemasters on their Blackpool Seafront route 12. Well congratulations to that company for keeping up the routemaster spirit in UK. I wonder what the fare is and the length of the route. It's not particularly long : North Shore-Pleasure Beach is about 1.5 miles, but the buses are interesting : as well as the Routemasters, they occasionally let their ex. Blackpool Leyland PD3 out, and they also have two open top Bristol VRs, one ex. Crosville ECW bodied bus, and perhaps more interestingly, an ex. Cardiff Alexander bodied example. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 5:49:39 GMT
I know Brighton & Hove have at least one and is used but I don't think it's on a regular bus service.
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Post by Swadbus on Sept 19, 2012 7:12:30 GMT
Midland Classic of Swadlincote in Derbyshire run the peak route 21 with a Routemaster (RM1168) every weekday term-time morning from Swadlincote to Burton-on-Trent complete with conductor. Its due to time constraints and heavy loadings during college time and has proved a massive hit with local people who quite happily jump on and off as if it's any other bus. It often takes a full standing load into Burton from what I understand! www.midlandclassic.com |
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Post by vjaska on Sept 19, 2012 10:10:02 GMT
I know Brighton & Hove have at least one and is used but I don't think it's on a regular bus service. They have RML2317 and it's loaned to Metrobus for the summer every year to run the 473 which serves the Bluebell Railway. |
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Post by vjaska on Sept 19, 2012 10:13:13 GMT
I know Western Greyhound use to throw out a Routemaster on one of their routes, not sure if they still do.
Go Coach in Oxted did use their Routemaster on a special commuter service for a short while before it was withdrawn and Carousel did run the 1 in High Wycombe with one before Go Ahead took them over.
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Post by twobellstogo on Sept 20, 2012 8:34:35 GMT
I know Brighton & Hove have at least one and is used but I don't think it's on a regular bus service. They have RML2317 and it's loaned to Metrobus for the summer every year to run the 473 which serves the Bluebell Railway. It's probably worth keeping an eye on whether the 473 runs in 2013, with the Bluebell's extension to East Grinstead happening soon, it may remove the need for the route. |
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