Routemaster bus RM1913

English: Routemaster bus RM1913 (reg. ALD 913B) was delivered to London Transport in May 1964. After withdrawal from London service in August 1985 it saw further use in Scotland in the Clydeside Scottish fleet (263, later C78), painted in their red & yellow livery, before being sold to a dealer in September 1990, and bought for preservation a year later, based in Halifax. By 1996 it was in showbus/hire condition, in London Transport white banded livery. In 2000 it was one of a batch of buses bought back by London Bus Services Ltd, being rebuilt and re-engined (Cummins) by Marshall's of Cambridge, for further use in London. It went into operation on route 13 from September 2001 for Sovereign Bus & Coach, before being finally withdrawn in October 2005. After being returned to LBSL, it was selected as one of the few buses to continue in service on the Routemaster Heritage Routes, going into service allocated to First London on London Buses heritage route 9 from November 2005.

Heritage route 9

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  17 May 2011
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  17 May 2011