A full-scale model of the new hop-on hop-off Routemaster bus, which will come into service in London in 2012, is unveiled.

The new Routemaster sports a sleeker, curvier exterior than the standard bus plying London’s streets, which looks more like a shiny bread box. Long banks of windows let in light, rising in a ...

“I make models of buses. Boris Johnson the Mayor of London stands in front of a routemaster bus to launch the Year of the Bus campaign, in London, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ...

This month, however, also sees the 70th birthday of arguably the most famous bus ever built – and one that was the product of paternalistic municipalism rather than market forces. It was on 24 ...

Transport bosses are set to buy a further 200 of Mayor Boris Johnson’s New Routemaster buses which, following passenger complaints, are expected to have improved ventilation. Bus route operators are ...

One of the UK's biggest bus makers has entered administration, Unite regional secretary Jackie Pollock has said. Wrightbus - who made London's distinctive red double decker Routemaster buses when ...

The Routemaster has one of the finest moquettes ever created. 1954: Following seven years of design, the public get their first glimpse of a Routemaster, at the London Commercial Motor Show.

The combined cost of developing the new prototype Routemaster bus and a contract for just eight production models has set Transport for London (TfL) back £11.37m.

The old-style jump-on Routemaster is in use on two “heritage” routes, the number 9 from Kensington High Street to Trafalgar Square and part of the 15 route from Trafalgar Square to Tower Hill.

The Routemaster bus is a double-decker that served as the main means for transport for Londoners ever since 1956. The one Morgan has is said to have clocked 1.5 million miles during its lifetime ...