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The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The first prototype was completed in September 1954 and the last one was delivered in 1968.
Associated Equipment Company (AEC) was a British vehicle manufacturer that built buses, motorcoaches and trucks from 1912 until 1979. The name Associated Equipment Company was hardly ever used; instead, it traded under the AEC and ACLO brands.
Double-decker buses were popularised in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century [4] and today the best-known example is the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster. [5] Double-deckers in urban transport were also in common use in other places, such as major cities of India , [ 6 ] but were mostly diminished or phased out by the end of ...
A preserved 1964 AEC Renown, previously run by King Alfred Motor Services and currently owned by the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) Regent II (1945–1947) Regent III RT-type (1939–1954) Regent III (1947–1957) Regal I (1946–1947) Regal III (1947–1953) Regal IV (1949–1960), underfloor-engined single decker; Regal V (1955–1959)
Associated with AEC from the 1930s [1] in 1949 it became part of Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd., which included AEC (the chassis manufacturer). This formidable combination of AEC and PRV supported the demanding requirements of London Transport and many other major fleet owners and operators. The famous AEC Routemaster bus was built at Park ...
Metroline AEC Routemaster on Oxford Street in March 2004 Metroline Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TL in Kilburn in September 2007. Route 98 commenced on 18 July 1992 to replace route 8 between Willesden bus garage and Oxford Circus, before continuing to Holborn. The route has always been operated by Metroline's Willesden bus garage.
AEC Routemaster in June 1993 London General AEC Routemaster on Strand in January 2003 Go-Ahead London Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL on Whitehall in June 2011. Route 11 was introduced by the London General Omnibus Company in August 1906, and is amongst the oldest routes to have operated continuously in London, although its route has changed on several occasions. [1]
To counter unfavourable media coverage of the withdrawal of London's classic AEC Routemaster fleet, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone promised to introduce a heritage Routemaster operation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After hopes that this would be operated commercially [ citation needed ] , it eventually materialised as tendered short workings on two existing ...