In February this year London's new fleet of 'Routemaster' buses came in to service on a few routes in the capital. This initiative by Boris Johnson has been criticised by some for being too expensive.

After next summer, there will be no more New Routemaster buses ordered They say politics and transport are deeply entwined and nowhere more so than in London. Certainly today there was a stark ...

We felt this one coming. When TfL announced in the summer that it was trialling front door boarding-only on the three-door New Routemasters, it was only right to fear the worst. Now, front door ...

They're back. Well, sort of. A 21st century version of the old hop-on, hop-off bus was unveiled yesterday. The successor to the London Routemaster, which was withdrawn from all but a few tourist ...

London's Mayor Boris Johnson has long championed greener public transport, but his hybrid Routemaster buses are now being criticised for faulty batteries and an overdependence on diesel. According to ...

A prototype of the new Routemaster has been in operation on the number 38 route between Victoria and Hackney since February last year. However, next month will mark the first time a route will be ...

London’s new Routemaster bus has major battery issues. The bus, thanks to its “green” diesel-electric hybrid powertrain, is meant to be “the most environmentally friendly bus of its type"—according to ...

Boris Johnson's New Routemaster buses are to be fitted with windows that open after passengers complained about stifling heat. Transport for London confirmed this morning the buses, worth around ...

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The wreckage of the crash in Chelsea yesterday after a London bus driver drove into a queue of traffic (Picture: EMPICS) A bus on first journey through London caused a six-car pile-up yesterday, ...

Passengers using London's New Routemaster buses will only be able to board them using the front door in future, transport bosses have said. The vehicles were originally designed to allow people to ...