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Paul Corfield · December 8th 05, 09:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:56 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article . com,
(Roy Stilling) wrote:

Colin Rosensteil wrote:
So will Friday mark the end of Routemaster service by buses with
their original registration marks?

No, as not all RMs lost their original registrations. I work off
Piccadilly and haven't seen any RMs on he 9 bearing non-original marks
yet.

You surprise me because I haven't yet seen any 9s or 15s _with_ their
original registration marks. Nor have I seen any RMLs on the heritage
routes.

There are no RMLs scheduled for the heritage routes as they all need to
be the conversions with the Dennis Dart engines (Dartmasters) in order
to meet the emission standards. However Stagecoach has run its RML 2760
on the 15 a few times - I have seen it. It will not be allowed to run as
a substitute vehicle from 1/1/2006 without permission from TfL. This is
because it would not meet the contracted emission standards that come
into force from that date for TfL contracted services.

I have seen several RMs with their original registration marks running
on both routes.
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Paul C

Admits to working for London Underground!