Routemaster bus RM1204

English: Routemaster bus RM1204 (reg. 204 CLT) was delivered to London Transport in December 1962. It was used in London until passing to the reserve fleet at Hatfield in 1994. In 1997 it was bought by the West Yorkshire based operator Halifax Joint Committee, who used it in working preservation, painting it in their green white and orange colours, based on Halifax corporation (as in this image). 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 It went into operation on route 13 for Sovereign Bus & Coach, before being finally withdrawn in October 2005.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.

Route 13

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  17 October 2005
  Golders Green bus station
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  17 October 2005
  Golders Green bus station

Heritage route 9

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  9 December 2005
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  2 August 2007
  Trafalgar Square
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  31 May 2010