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Just a quick article
to show you the recent video I've taken of the Wrightbus New Routemaster's rear
door usage.
We are now seeing new
batches of New Routemaster buses with
the new rear door design where the door opens outwards instead of inwards. The
original plan of the New Routemaster project was to reinstate the rear platform
with a conductor, just like the old AEC Routemaster had. But instead the
majority of the routes served by New Routemasters are One Person Operation
(OPO).
I have also captured
some warning notices for the rear door to alert people of the inward opening
door so that passengers won’t get caught by it.
Link to video
Ever since the New
Routemaster (originally called New Bus for London) first entered in to service,
back in 2012 on Route 38, we have seen loads of changes made throughout the
rollout programme. Recently we saw the
installation of window openings at a cost of £2 million which should have been
done a long while ago.
I think the successor
to the New Routemaster is going to be the Alexander Dennis Enviro400H City.
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Check out my previous articles on
the New Routemaster below:
New Bus from
Alexander Dennis (Enviro400H City)
New Routemaster project now costs over £300 million, time for electric buses?
New Routemaster project now costs over £300 million, time for electric buses?
Image attribution
"London United bus LT87 (LTZ 1087), 26 October 2013 (2)" by tony_duell - LT on first day of operation on route 9. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_United_bus_LT87_(LTZ_1087),_26_October_2013_(2).jpg#/media/File:London_United_bus_LT87_(LTZ_1087),_26_October_2013_(2).jpg