Routemaster bus RM2050

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English: Routemaster bus RM2050 (reg. ALM 50B) was delivered to London Transport in October 1964, with a Leyland engine. It saw use in London until 1986, at which point it received an AEC engine, and was transferred to London Buses Commercial Operations Unit for sightseeing duties. In July 1987 it passed into preservation, but was bought back by London Buses in August 1989. By December 1994, after use at Uxbridge and Bow garages, it entered the Reserve Fleet at Hatfield. In 1997 it was bought by Friends of London Transport Museum for preservation. In 2001 however 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 It went into operation on route 38 from March 2002 for Arriva London North, before being finally withdrawn in October 2005.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 East London on London Buses heritage route 15 from November 2005.


Heritage route 15

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