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Description: | By the late 1970s, London Transport's Routemaster buses were due to be replaced. The RM design was popular, particularly the open rear platform that allowed passengers to get on and off freely.
But there was no government funding for L.T. to buy new front-engine buses like this. At the time, the government was offering subsidies to companies buying standard rear-engine buses. The decision was made to keep the old Routemasters and completely overhaul the fleet. This stretched facilities at Aldenham Works to their limit.
This photo from 1978 shows the High Bay works area filled with Routemasters. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1978 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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