Nothing encapsulates the essence of London quite like the red double-decker Routemaster bus. Its iconic design, since its 1956 inception, has become as much a s

The Routemaster bus – instantly recognizable as the classic red double-decker London Transport bus – is a British icon, and a symbol unmistakably associated

Published to coincide with the withdrawal of the last Routemaster bus in London

Few things are as synonomous with London as its famous red buses, thousands of which carry millions of passengers a year on hundreds of separate routes. Yet sin

In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies ope