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London Transport RT1 Green Park Station

On 16th September 2023, a London route 38 running day was organised. Vintage buses were operating along the full length of the route (alongside the normal "Borismaster" buses) carrying passengers free of charge.

 

London Transport's RT class had around 7000 examples, of various types. RT1 was the first of the class and nominally dates from 1938. It's history is exceptionally complicated (see www.busspotter.com/RT/RT1.htm#top). In summary, the current bus's body dates from 1939, but the chassis it is on is from a post war bus (RT1420) which had had a contretemps with a railway bridge).

 

Here it is heading east along Piccadilly just after leaving the Green Park tube station bus stop.

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Uploaded on November 18, 2024
Taken on September 16, 2023