Yes, Ian, the failure to have Routemasters on that particular route,
via Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, Parliament Square and Westminster
Bridge was something that, in his impromptu interview on top of RM2217,
Peter Hendy was given a particular grilling on Black Friday.

His simplistic reply was "if you think you can make money from such a
route, we'll give you the Routemasters and see if you can make such a
service work. .... Routes 9 and 15 are receiving a £1.5 million subsidy
from T.F.L."

Marc.