London Mayor dumps iconic Routemaster buses as part of election pledge

Posted on 11 Jan 2017 by Aiden Burgess
The New Routemaster bus, manufactured by Wrightbus, in front of Big Ben in London - image courtesy of Wrightbus

London's Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has halted production of the new, Thomas Heatherwick-designed, double-decker Routemaster buses.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has followed up on his election campaign promise to discontinue production the re-designed new Routemaster buses as a cost saving measure to help pay for a four-year freeze on bus fares in the capital. The plan to halt new orders of the London buses was outlined in the recent Transport for…

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