Heritage Buses

The London Bus

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The Classic London Bus comes in all shapes sizes and specs, while they may no carry out the day to day work in London any more, hundreds have been preserved and many lovingly restored by new owners. This gallery provides a selection of images detailing some of the varied London Buses which can still be found in the UK.

Londoner Buses

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Londoner Buses (part of Transporagroup) is a new heritage bus service operating in London on a circular route from London Waterloo through Westminster to Piccadilly Circus. The route is known and operated as Heritage Route A. Originally the timetable was lunched with a 15/20 minute service but on the day my visit the timetables had been revised to a single bus operating an hourly schedule. I traversed part of the route on foot to capture the bus at famous landmarks throughout its route. 

Heritage Buses:

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573 Tanat Valley R873MDY DAF DB250 Optare Spectra ex Stagecoach East Kent new to Eastbourne. Oswald Road Oswestry 21.8.17
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This Volvo Olympian / East Lancs Pyoneer S855 DGX
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1934 AEC Regent DD7497 Open Top in Devon General livery waits to transport passengers to Minehead from Dunster. In the background former Atlantic Coaster 33235 (LT52WWY) is also pictured.
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Bristol VR LUE263P is pictured at Dunster on the 31st July 2021. Buses were being used to transport passengers to Minehead owing to the level crossing being out of action.
Wiveliscombe: Bristol L5G - CDB206
Minehead: Leyland Tiger PS2 - JLJ401
Buckfastleigh: Devon General AEC Regent V- VDV818
Truro Leisure Centre: 1960 Bristol FS6G Lodekka - 314PFM
Minehead: Bristol Lodekka LD6G / ECW. - BAS 562
Taunton Station: AEC Routemaster RM787 - 792UXA
WSR Steam Fayre: Crosville Bristol L5G - KFM 767
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WSR Steam Fayre: Bristol MW6G - BHU 92C
WSR Steam Farye: AEC Regent V - NNY761E
WSR Steam Fayre: AEC Reliance/Harrington Grenadier - CYD724C
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Blue Anchor: Bristol LDL6G / ECW - VDV752
Taunton School: AEC Regent V - 851FNN
Newton Abbot: ACE Regal - HTT487
Ruddington: Leyland PD - JVO230 &  Experimental Nottingham Leyland Atlantean -ARC666T
Bishops Lydeard: Beadle bodied Beadle Commer - WKJ787
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Taunton School: Burton AEC Regal - ACH441
Dunster: Leyland Titan PD2- HJA965E
Basingstoke: Dennis Loline III - 488KOT
Ruddington: London Transport Routmaster - RCL2218 - CUV218C & Leyland Atlantean - ORC545P
Paignton: Scania 15329 - J829HMC
Nordon: Bristol RE ECW Bodied - WHW374H
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Cranmore: Bristol LSX6B LSX001 - NHU2 & London Transport Routemaster RML2344 - CUV344C
Cranmore: Bristol Omnibus ECW bodied Bristol - 924AHY
Cranmore: Bristol LSX6B LSX001 - NHU2
Ravenglass: Bristol MW6G/ECW 231 - AAO34B
Taunton: Leyland PD2 - DWG917

Isle of Man

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P441SWX is a Mercedes O405 with Optare Prisma Bodywork, It was new in 1996 and worked for Black Prince of Morley which is the livery it carries in this image. The Bus is pictured here on the Isle of Man at Douglas.
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TEC599N - Creamlines Douglas Seafront - Isle of Man AEC Reliance/Plaxton Elite Express III
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TEC599N - Creamlines AEC Reliance/Plaxton Elite Express III Douglas Seafront - Isle of Man
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London Routemaster RM2208 - CUV208C Douglas Seafront
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Douglas Cooperation Transport liveried AEC Regent V 3D2RA - 410LMN built 1968 passes through Laxey on 28th July 2018 heading for Jurby.
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Birmingham City Transport 1950 Guy Arab IV No. 2548. Registration No. JOJ 548. - Douglas Isle of Man

Europe:

Amberieu (France): Bristol VR - FKM867V
Berlin (Germany): MAN BE622H