On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:00:24 +0000, Ian Jelf
wrote:


It is a great tourist experience, and is essentially "London" from a
foreigners point of view.

They are like the cable cars of San Francisco or the trams of Blackpool,
Melbourne or Hong Kong.

Enjoy your visit.

I don't really see all those as very much alike.

The London heritage routes are a deliberate (and possibly reluctant)
preservation of a few vehicles in service.

San Francisco cable cars are a complete system and a protected
national monument.

Blackpool trams are a 1-route survival helped to survive by having
some heritage value.

Melbourne trams have always been a major part of the city's transport
system - there are currently 450 of them operating on 24 routes.

I don't know about Hong Kong.

I suppose one thing that makes them all different from the London
Routemasters is that as a tourist you can't miss them.