But a bit of London’s soul was lost six years ago when the last of the classic Routemaster buses, which came with a conductor and an open back platform for passengers to hop on and off at will ...

And because each bus had a driver and a conductor (to collect your fare), the Routemaster never had to wait while the driver fiddled with coins. Being England, though, this amazingly practical bus ...

The Routemaster Association, just one of a fleet of bus enthusiast groups spreading the word about ... who waxes lyrical about his days as a conductor in the late 60s, when he would sew the creases in ...

conductor and driver, and on the other the happy couple) that might lend a union blessed by a Routemaster ride an added potency. At Chiswick, beside stalls laden with bus paraphernalia, from ticket ...

People thronged London’s streets Friday and jostled for seats aboard a double-decker Routemaster bus making its last ... who worked for 8 1/2 years as a conductor, driver and supervisor on ...

Although the new buses may lack a conductor, Rooney said, they have other amenities not found on the Routemaster: wide aisles, seasonal air-cooling, closed-circuit cameras for security ...

Routemaster buses will soon be as rare as ... Equipment Company] built bus in service in the UK, or to the bus conductor. The end of a much loved London icon; the end of an era.

1939: The first RT-type buses enter service ... and an open rear conductor's platform. But the Routemaster is also far lighter (thanks to aluminium tech acquired building planes during the ...

Doubts also emerged today of the pledge by Boris Johnson to have 600 of the three-door, rear-platform, driver and conductor buses on London streets by 2016. The Routemaster, labelled by the Mayor ...

Route 418’s heritage day is happening on Sunday, June 8. The buses, ranging from the 1950s to 1970s, will be on the road from ...