Hammersmith Butterwick
The old basic bus station at Hammersmith, which was radically rebuilt when the site was redeveloped in 1992. Hammersmith flyover and Charing Cross Hospital can be seen in the background. A crowd pile aboard RM1341 (341CLT) on the 9 to head south across Hammersmith Bridge and onwards to Mortlake, a journey that can’t be made today - the bridge’s chronic structural weaknesses have closed it to all bus traffic, but the 9 was cut back to terminate in Hammersmith many years earlier.
It was the Leyland-engined roar of RM1341 as it pulled up to the stop that prompted me to dig out my camera to grab this view. The Leyland-powered Routemasters were a minority in the London Transport fleet, but they were great personal favourites. At this date, their numbers were being seriously culled. A recent Aldenham overhaul prolonged RM1341’s London life, however.
Several London Transport garages were closely associated with the Leyland-engined Routemasters from their arrival in 1963/64, including Tottenham (AR), Dalston (D) and Mortlake (M). The latter had been RM1341’s long-term home. Mortlake had a fine reputation for taking care of its buses, but its closure in 1982 was much regretted. RM1341 and its sisters were then reallocated to Turnham Green (V) to continue plying the 9 route. The bus ended its London career in 3/89, being dispatched for scrap without further use.
June 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
Hammersmith Butterwick
The old basic bus station at Hammersmith, which was radically rebuilt when the site was redeveloped in 1992. Hammersmith flyover and Charing Cross Hospital can be seen in the background. A crowd pile aboard RM1341 (341CLT) on the 9 to head south across Hammersmith Bridge and onwards to Mortlake, a journey that can’t be made today - the bridge’s chronic structural weaknesses have closed it to all bus traffic, but the 9 was cut back to terminate in Hammersmith many years earlier.
It was the Leyland-engined roar of RM1341 as it pulled up to the stop that prompted me to dig out my camera to grab this view. The Leyland-powered Routemasters were a minority in the London Transport fleet, but they were great personal favourites. At this date, their numbers were being seriously culled. A recent Aldenham overhaul prolonged RM1341’s London life, however.
Several London Transport garages were closely associated with the Leyland-engined Routemasters from their arrival in 1963/64, including Tottenham (AR), Dalston (D) and Mortlake (M). The latter had been RM1341’s long-term home. Mortlake had a fine reputation for taking care of its buses, but its closure in 1982 was much regretted. RM1341 and its sisters were then reallocated to Turnham Green (V) to continue plying the 9 route. The bus ended its London career in 3/89, being dispatched for scrap without further use.
June 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.