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It's closed behind perspex at night, though the driver can open it, as he does the other doors, after he comes to a stop. If you happen to have a Day Travelcard or paper ticket, board at the front to flash this to the driver.īy the way, the open back platform on the New Bus is only available during the day, when there is a conductor on board to assist back there. If you are using a public bus, you can use your Oyster Card at the little scanners just inside each door. If you are using a hop-on/hop-off bus, just flash your pass when you board. Route 453 - Marylebone station to Deptford Bridge.Route 390 - Notting Hill Gate to Archway.Route 148 - Camberwell Green to White City bus station.Route 137 - Oxford Circus to Streatham Hill.

Route 16 - Victoria station to Longley Way.

Route 15 - Trafalgar Square to Blackwall DLR.

Route 11 - Liverpool Street station to Fulham Broadway.

Route 10 - Hammersmith bus station to King's Cross St.

Heritage Route 15H (classic Routemaster bus): Trafalgar Square–Charing Cross–Aldwych–City Thameslink–St Paul's Churchyard–Mansion House–Cannon Street–Tower Hill.

Most of those you will see have been repurposed as sightseeing tour buses-save on 'Heritage Route' 15H. The fourth kind, whuch you will rarely see the classic old 1950s Routemaster-at least on public routes.

You will mostly see the late 20th century boxy models, the sleek, rounded New Buses, and of course the ubiquitous topless double-deckers converted into hop-on/hop-off sightseeing buses. There are four kinds of double-deckers plying the streets of London these days. A classic 1950s Routemaster double-decker bus But once you get used to that, it's great fun. The view from here can be slightly panicky or vertigo inducing, as an odd effect of parallax often makes it look as if you are about to shave off the corners of buildings as the bus wends its way through London's gnarl of streets. When you do, try your best to ride up top in the front seat. Instead, take a few of those rides on a bus-a bit slower, perhaps, but you'll get to see more of London this way. Those red two-story buses are an icon of London-and a fabulous way to take a quick sightseeing tour, a bird's-eye tour of the city at the price of a bus ticket.īesides, sometimes in London you end up feeling like a gopher, taking the Tube everywhere, popping above ground just long enough to see some sight then scurrying back down to tunnel off aboard the Underground to your next stop. A 21st century 'New Routemaster' double-decker bus

Red double decker bus