Heritage Routemasters

English: The Heritage Routemasters are the Routemaster buses used on the Transport for London Routemaster heritage services.

Fleet

The Heritage Routemaster buses are all of the shorter, original RM class of Routemaster. They sound and look slightly different to 'classic' RMs, having all come from the Marshall rebuild pool. There are 20 buses in the fleet (based on a requirement for 5 buses on each route at peak time, plus 3 maintenance spares, and 2 additional long term spares).

	Fleetno.	Registration	Built	Route	Livery (current)
	RM324	WLT 324	1960	15	standard
	RM652	WLT 652	1961	15	white roundel
	RM871	WLT 871	1962	15	standard
	RM1204	204 CLT	1962	9	standard
	RM1218	218 CLT	1962	9	standard
none	RM1280*	280 CLT	1962	9	?
	RM1562	562 CLT	1963	9	standard
	RM1627	627 DYE	1963	9	standard
	RM1640	640 DYE	1963	9	standard
	SRM3 (RM1650)	650 DYE	1963	9	silver (2012)
	RM1735	735 DYE	1963	9	standard
	RM1776	776 DYE	1963	9	standard
	RM1913	ALD 913B	1964	9	standard
	RM1933	ALD 933B	1964	15	red/white/black/silver
	RM1941	ALD 941B	1964	15	white roundel
	RM1968	ALD 968B	1964	15	white roundel
	RM2050	ALM 50B	1964	15	standard
	RM2060	ALM 60B	1964	15	white roundel
	RM2071	ALM 71B	1964	15	standard
	RM2089	ALM 89B	1964	15	standard

^* - RM1280 only appears to have been used in the first year, and has since been put into storage (it was still listed as being allocated to First, when the route 9 fleet was transferred to Tower Transit)

Liveries

Standard livery

The standard Heritage Routemaster livery is based on the London Transport livery worn by Routemasters when they were first introduced in the 1950s and on into the early 1960s:

• LT red base
• Cream cant-rail band (replaced by grey bands from 1965 onwards)
• London Transport fleetnames in black outlined gold (nearside & offside) - these were changed to LONDON TRANSPORT without black outline in 1969
• Fleetnumbers in black outlined gold, accompanied by a 'Routemaster' label (nearside on the engine bonnet & offside under the drivers cab window) - the Routemaster label was phased out after 1964, fleetnumbers changed to plain white in 1974

• 
  RM652
  5 August 2007
• 
  RM1968
  30 June 2008
• 
  RM2089
  7 March 2009
• 
  RM2050
  10 April 2008
• 
  RM2050
  26 June 2012
• 
  RM1218
  21 May 2008
• 
  RM652
  4 August 2007
• 
  RM2071
  5 September 2010
• 
  RM2050
  21 March 2008
• 
  RM652
  5 August 2007

White roundel livery

Four of the route 15 buses - RM652, RM1941, RM1968 & RM2060 - were later repainted into a later version of London Transport livery that Routemasters wore in the 1970s:

• LT red base
• White cant-rail
• no fleetnames - just a plain white London Transport roundel (nearside & offside)
• fleetnumbers in solid white

• 
  RM1941
  11 May 2013
• 
  RM1968
  23 March 2011
• 
  RM652
  27 September 2012
• 
  RM1968
  8 June 2013

Special liveries - SRM3 & RM1933

Two Heritage Routemasters wear special commemorative liveries

• SRM3 has worn two different silver schemes (the first applied before heritage services began)
• RM1933 originally entered service in standard livery, but has since worn two special liveries - an Indian Red/Platinum scheme, and then a red/white/black/silver scheme.

• 
  SRM3, 1st scheme
• 
  SRM3, 2nd scheme
• 
  RM1933, 1st scheme
• 
  RM1933, 2nd scheme

Before repainting

All of the route 15 buses entered service in the standard livery, but some buses on route 9 were not repainted in time, leading to some odd hybrid versions of old/new livery.

• 
  RM1627
  10 December 2005
• 
  RM1776
  17 November 2005

Operator markings

A modern concession to the traditional liveries is the use of small logos to denote the private companies actually operating the buses (see Transport for London Routemaster heritage services#Operators). On the Heritage Routemasters they are quite small and unobtrusive, appearing only on the sides - each placed above the front lower deck window of the passenger cabin. As a legal requirement on all UK buses, the company name/address of the operator also appears on the nearside behind the front wheel (known as the legal lettering).

First/Transit

The logo on First/Tower Transit buses has always been a gold version of their standard London bus logos. First used their plc company name on legal lettering, rather than Centrewest.

• 
  Gold First logo on RM1204, and Firstgroup plc legal lettering (2 August 2007)
• 
  Transit logo on RM1204 (2 September 2013)

Stagecoach/East London Bus Group

Like First, Stagecoach adopted a gold version of their corporate logo, which changed to a gold version of the ELBG East London after the sale, before returning

• 
  Gold ELBG East London logo on standard liveried RM871 (17 June 2008)
• 
  White ELBG East London logo on white roundel liveried RM1941 (21 February 2009)
• 
  Gold Stagecoach logo on standard liveried RM871 (8 February 2014)
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  Colour Stagecoach logo on white roundel liveried RM1941 (11 May 2013)
• 
  ELBG logo still on RM1968 after Stagecoach buy back (23 March 2011)

RM324 (WLT 324)

RM324 before Heritage services (Sovereign)

• 
  5 August 2005
  route 13 (rear)

RM324 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  25 February 2007
  route 15
• 
  28 December 2007
  route 15
• 
  25 June 2008
  route 15
• 
  20 July 2008
  route 15
• 
  4 August 2008
  route 15
• 
  18 September 2010
  route 15
  no logo

RM324 in standard livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  ?
  route 15
• 
  ?
  route 15
• 
  13 June 2011
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  26 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  29 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  16 September 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  7 October 2012
  route 15
• 
  27 October 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  10 December 2012
  route 15
• 
  23 December 2012
  route 15
• 
  9 February 2013
  route 15
• 
  10 August 2013
  route 15

RM652 (WLT 652)

RM652 before Heritage services (Arriva London North)

• 
  18 March 2005
  route 38
  Victoria bus station

RM652 in standard livery (to 22 Jun 2006) (Stagecoach London, 1st)

• 
  15 March 2006
  route 15

RM652 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  15 February 2007
  route 15
• 
  25 July 2007
  route 15
• 
  4 August 2007
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 August 2007
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 August 2007
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 August 2007
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  24 November 2007
  route 15
  gold logo

RM652 in white roundel livery (? to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  8 November 2008
  route 15 (off route)
• 
  3 January 2009
  route 15

RM652 in white roundel livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  26 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  27 September 2012
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  26 October 2013
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  30 October 2013
  route 15
• 
  8 February 2014
  route 15
  colour logo

RM871 (WLT 871)

RM871 before Heritage services (London Transport)

• 
  April 1976
  route 47
  Bermondsey

RM871 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  11 August 2006
  route 15
  no logo
• 
  17 June 2008
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  15 November 2008
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  19 June 2009
  route 15

RM871 in standard livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  25 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  25 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  25 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  27 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  16 September 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  26 November 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  8 February 2014
  17:17
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  8 February 2014
  17:17
• 
  25 July 2014
  route 15

RM1204 (204 CLT)

RM1204 before Heritage services (Sovereign)

• 
  5 August 2005
  route 13 (front)
  Aldwych
• 
  17 October 2005
  route 13
  Golders Green
• 
  17 October 2005
  route 13
  Golders Green

RM1204 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  9 December 2005
  route 9
  no logo
• 
  2 August 2007
  route 9
• 
  23 November 2008
  route 9
• 
  31 May 2010
  route 9
• 
  30 December 2012
  route 9

RM1204 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  2 September 2013
  route 9

RM1218 (218 CLT)

RM1218 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  14 October 2007
  route 9
• 
  24 November 2007
  route 9
• 
  21 May 2008
  route 9
• 
  5 November 2010
  route 9
• 
  3 March 2011
  route 9
• 
  29 May 2011
  route 9

RM1218 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  29 October 2013
  15:05
  route 9
• 
  29 October 2013
  15:19
  route 9
• 
  27 March 2014
  route 9
  no logo

RM1562 (562 CLT)

• At some point in the summer of 2012, RM1562 was repainted as RM39862 (its internal Firstgroup number) - this lasted until November, but had been reverted on the exterior by December (but not for an instance of the number inside the rear platform)

RM1562 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  22 March 2007
  route 9
• 
  1 April 2007
  route 9
• 
  7 October 2007
  route 9
• 
  7 December 2007
  route 9 (off route)
• 
  10 April 2008
  route 9
• 
  25 April 2009
  route 9
• 
  8 April 2010
  route 9
• 
  25 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  3 December 2011
  route 9
• 
  30 December 2012
  route 9

RM1562 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  24 July 2014
  route 9

RM1627 (627 DYE)

RM1627 before Heritage services (Reading Mainline)

• 
  1998
  Route F
  Woodley, Berks.

RM1627 before repainting

• 
  10 December 2005
  route 9

RM1627 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  23 April 2006
  route 9
  no logo
• 
  4 June 2006
  route 9
  no logo
• 
  1 November 2008
  route 9
• 
  20 December 2008
  route 9
• 
  13 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  13 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  13 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  22 October 2011
  15:45
  route 9
• 
  22 October 2011
  15:46
  route 9
• 
  17 January 2012
  route 9

RM1627 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  24 July 2014
  route 9
• 
  24 July 2014
  route 9
• 
  24 July 2014
  route 9

RM1640 (640 DYE)

RM1640 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  8 May 2006
  route 9
• 
  8 July 2006
  route 9
• 
  25 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 December 2012
  route 9

RM1640 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  8 February 2014
  route 9
• 
  26 April 2014
  route 9

SRM3 (RM1650) (650 DYE)

SRM3 before Heritage services (First, Jubilee livery)

• 
  Showbus 2004
• 
  Showbus 2004
• 
  Route 38 special (Routemaster last day, 28 October 2005)

SRM3 in Jubilee livery (14 Nov 2005 to ?) (First London)

• 
  9 December 2005
  route 9
• 
  10 June 2006
  route 9
• 
  12 August 2008
  route 9
• 
  16 August 2008
  route 9
• 
  4 June 2009
  Westbourne Park garage
• 
  17 September 2009
  route 9

SRM3 in 2012 livery (? to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  30 March 2012
  route 9
• 
  28 August 2012
  route 9
• 
  4 September 2012
  route 9
• 
  30 November 2012
  route 9
• 
  30 November 2012
  route 9
• 
  20 December 2012
  route 9
• 
  18 February 2013
  route 9
• 
  18 February 2013
  route 9
• 
  13 May 2013
  route 9

SRM3 in 2012 livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  2 September 2013
  route 9
• 
  13 October 2013
  route 9
• 
  26 October 2013
  route 9
• 
  29 October 2013
  route 9
• 
  16 March 2014
  route 9

RM1735 (735 DYE)

RM1735 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  9 May 2006
  route 9
• 
  1 April 2007
  route 9
• 
  28 June 2008
  route 9
• 
  2 August 2009
  route 9
• 
  13 October 2010
  route 9
• 
  25 June 2011
  route 9
• 
  13 May 2012
  route 9

RM1776 (776 DYE)

RM1776 before repainting

• 
  17 November 2005
  route 9

RM1776 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2011
  route 9
• 
  7 September 2012
  route 9
• 
  28 October 2012
  route 9
• 
  30 December 2012
  route 9
• 
  30 December 2012
  route 9
• 
  13 February 2013
  route 9
• 
  8 June 2013
  route 9
• 
  8 June 2013
  route 9

RM1913 (ALD 913B)

RM1913 in standard livery (to 21 Jun 2013) (First London)

• 
  14 May 2009
  route 9
• 
  14 May 2009
  route 9
• 
  7 May 2011
  route 9
• 
  7 May 2011
  route 9
• 
  26 November 2011
  route 9
• 
  13 May 2012
  route 9
• 
  27 August 2012
  route 9
• 
  28 October 2012
  route 9
• 
  4 May 2013
  route 9

RM1913 in standard livery (22 Jun 2013 to present) (Tower Transit)

• 
  22 March 2014
  route 9

RM1933 (ALD 933B)

RM1933 before Heritage services (Sovereign)

• 
  18 March 2005
  route 13
  Cockspur Street

RM1933 in standard livery (to 22 Jun 2006) (Stagecoach London, 1st)

• 
  15 March 2006
  route 15 (off route)

RM1933 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  13 April 2007
  route 15

RM1933 in Platinum livery (? to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  10 April 2008
  route 15
• 
  6 July 2008
  2008 North Weald bus rally
• 
  12 July 2008
  route 15
• 
  13 July 2008
  route 15
• 
  14 January 2009
  route 15
• 
  27 September 2009
  Showbus 2009
• 
  27 September 2009
  Showbus 2009

RM1933 in 1983 livery (? to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  11 April 2010
  2010 Cobham bus rally
• 
  12 June 2010
  route 15
• 
  12 June 2010
  route 15

RM1933 in 1983 livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  13 April 2011
  route 15
• 
  5 May 2011
  route 15
• 
  4 June 2011
  route 15
• 
  11 May 2012
  route 15
• 
  27 July 2012
  route 15
• 
  30 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  30 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  5 September 2012
  route 15
• 
  22 September 2012
  West Ham garage open day
• 
  24 January 2013
  route 15
• 
  24 January 2013
  route 15
• 
  23 October 2013
  route 15
• 
  26 October 2013
  route 15
• 
  26 October 2013
  route 15 (rear)

RM1933 in 1983 livery (?) (?)

• 
  ?
  route 15

RM1941 (ALD 941B)

RM1941 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  16 September 2007
  route 15
• 
  16 September 2007
  route 15

RM1941 in white roundel livery (? to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  21 February 2009
  route 15
  white logo
• 
  21 February 2009
  route 15
  white logo
• 
  15 May 2009
  route 15
• 
  18 April 2010
  route 15
  gold logo

RM1941 in white roundel livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  13 January 2012
  route 15
• 
  24 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  24 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  24 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  25 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  23 February 2013
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  11 May 2013
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  20 April 2014
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  30 April 2014
  route 15
  colour logo

RM1968 (ALD 968B)

RM1968 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  7 August 2006
  route 15
  no logo
• 
  7 August 2006
  route 15
  no logo
• 
  30 June 2008
  route 15
  gold logo

RM1968 in white roundel livery (? to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  28 October 2009
  route 15

RM1968 in white roundel livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  23 March 2011
  route 15
  white logo (ELBG)
• 
  11 May 2012
  route 15
  colour logo
• 
  8 June 2013
  route 15
  colour logo

RM2050 (ALM 50B)

RM2050 before Heritage services (Arriva London North)

• 
  19 September 2005
  route 38
  Clapton Pond terminus

RM2050 in standard livery (to 22 Jun 2006) (Stagecoach London, 1st)

• 
  5 December 2005
  route 15

RM2050 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  21 March 2008
  route 15
  no logo
• 
  10 April 2008
  route 15
  no logo
• 
  26 June 2009
  route 15
• 
  6 April 2010
  route 15
  no logo

RM2050 in standard livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  8 April 2011
  route 15
• 
  15 May 2011
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  26 June 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  26 June 2012
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  26 October 2013
  route 15

RM2060 (ALM 60B)

RM2060 before Heritage services (Arriva London North)

• 
  28 October 2005)
  route 38
  (Routemaster last day)

RM2060 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to ?) (ELBG)

• 
  5 September 2008
  route 15

RM2060 in white roundel livery (? to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  6 July 2010
  route 15
• 
  18 September 2010
  route 15
  white logo

RM2071 (ALM 71B)

RM2071 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  8 March 2007
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  21 September 2008
  route 15 (off route)
  gold logo
• 
  2 December 2008
  route 15
• 
  5 September 2010
  15:02
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 September 2010
  15:02
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 September 2010
  ?
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 September 2010
  15:18
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  5 September 2010
  15:19
  route 15
  gold logo

RM2071 in standard livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  11 November 2010
  route 15
  gold logo (ELBG)
• 
  9 August 2011
  route 15
• 
  3 November 2013
  route 15

RM2089 (ALM 89B)

RM2089 in standard livery (23 Jun 2006 to 14 Oct 2010) (ELBG)

• 
  7 March 2009
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  7 March 2009
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  7 March 2009
  route 15
  gold logo
• 
  16 December 2009
  route 15

RM2089 in standard livery (15 Oct 2010 to present) (Stagecoach London, 2nd)

• 
  1 February 2013
  route 15
• 
  15 September 2013
  route 15
  gold logo

Unidentified

Unidentified route 9 buses

• 
  16 October 2007
  route 9
• 
  14 May 2008
  Westbourne Park garage
• 
  21 February 2008
  route 9
• 
  17 October 2008
  route 9
• 
  18 October 2008
  route 9
• 
  December 2008
  route 9
• 
  26 May 2010
  route 9
• 
  26 May 2010
  route 9
• 
  9 July 2011
  route 9
• 
  23 February 2013
  route 9
• 
  20 April 2013
  route 9
• 
  28 October 2012
  route 9
• 
  4 October 2012
  route 9
• 
  8 February 2014
  route 9
• 
  7 February 2012
  route 9

Unidentified route 15 buses

• 
  28 August 2012
• 
  31 December 2009
  route 15
• 
  15 January 2009
  route 15
• 
  16 September 2007
  route 15
• 
  21 October 2013
  route 15
• 
  13 April 2008
  route 15
• 
  16 November 2008
  route 15
• 
  16 November 2008
  route 15
• 
  16 December 2009
  route 15
• 
  8 August 2007
  route 15
• 
  13 February 2010
  route 15
• 
  11 May 2012
  route 15
• 
  13 November 2011
  route 15
• 
  19 August 2012
  route 15
• 
  30 October 2013
  route 15
• 
  ?
  route 15
• 
  20 December 2007
  route 15
• 
  30 July 2010
  West Ham garage
• 
  5 February 2011
  West Ham garage
• 
  28 June 2011
  West Ham garage

Unidentified route 9 & 15 buses

• 
  4 September 2010
  route 9 & 15
• 
  23 January 2010
  ? & ?

Other incidental images

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