5th April 2012 London's New Routemaster Bus

London's New 2012 Routemaster Bus
 

Final designs for London's "new Routemaster bus" have been unveiled. The double-Decker uses green technology to be 40% more efficient, it has two staircases and an open platform enabling people to "hop-on hop-off".

London Mayor Boris Johnson said the new bus for the capital would be "iconic" and "beautiful". A spokesman for Transport for London hoped the bus, which has three doors to speed up boarding, would be in service this year.


While the new bus design mimics some of the features of the iconic red London Routemaster bus and is scheduled to come into service this year. It also has a "glass swoop" at the back and "an asymmetric design for the front-end to complete the futuristic look".

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