Old Routemaster buses were in operation around the capital today as Transport for London attempted to keep London moving during the Tube strike. TfL said there was a record number of buses on the ...

Vintage Routemaster buses drafted in to help carry thousands of extra bus passengers across the capital today brought a smile to the face of commuters caught up in the Tube strike. TfL put on extra ...

The obituary writers have been busy again, bemoaning the impending demise of London's famous Routemaster buses. But once more, according to London Transport, they may be premature. You can't expect an ...

You wait for a bus and then 20 come along! (Picture: Getty Images) You wait for months for a Google doodle and just like that, two arrive in two days. It seems befitting of the 60th Anniversary of ...

The 41-year-old bought the classic 1966 red Routemaster from eBay for 18,500 and spent 14,000 pounds turning it into the aptly named Hop On Inn. The lower deck has been converted into a fully ...

Boris' new hop-on, hop-off bus started its first day of service in London today. The new Routemaster bus will run between Victoria Station to Hackney, and will not run at night or on weekends. The ...

It was 60 years ago today, September 24, 1954, that the Routemaster bus was first revealed to the public at a Motor Show in Earl's Court. A couple of years later they would become a staple of London ...

There will be low-emission hybrid engines, wooden floors, and the return of the conductor. Curves and open doorways will be prominent again, and full wheelchair access will arrive on double-decker ...

Dec. 9, 2005 — -- It's been a staple on the London streets for 50 years, but the red double-decker Routemaster bus -- the one you could hop on and hop off -- is no longer the staple of London ...

Jeremy Clarkson has come under fire for blowing up a rare Routemaster bus worth £20,000. The Top Gear star dramatically destroyed one of only 500 of the famous red double-deckers still in existence in ...