As we enter the new month of August 2025, Transport for London (TfL) has announced that route SL11/N472 has been awarded to Go-Ahead London Central, with new electric double-deck buses.
LBSL intends to enter into a new contract for the following route with the operator listed below:
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Sunday, 3 August 2025
Experimental Routemaster (XRM): The Overlooked Project of London's Transport History
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| XRM model bus design It suggests a livery that is partly red and partly unpainted aluminium. |
As a follow-up to my previous articles, "A Brief History of Low-Floor Buses and London Transport’s XRM Project: A Missed Opportunity for Accessibility" and "The Proposed Successors to the AEC Routemaster Before the Three-Door, Two-Staircase Hybrid New Routemaster Bus," this piece will delve into the ambitious yet ultimately unfulfilled project known as the XRM, a London Transport (LT) initiative aimed at designing the next generation of double-deck buses. The Experimental Routemaster (XRM) is indeed a forgotten part of London's Transport history.
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