<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_London" class="extiw" title="w:First London">First London</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Routemaster_bus_RM1650_/_SRM3" title="Routemaster bus RM1650 / SRM3">Routemaster bus RM1650 / SRM3</a> (reg. 650 DYE) operating <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_heritage_route_9" title="London Buses heritage route 9">London Buses heritage route 9</a>, pictured heading east along Cockspur Street in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" class="extiw" title="w:Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, en-route to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldwych" class="extiw" title="w:Aldwych">Aldwych</a>. The Canadian High Commission building <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_House" class="extiw" title="w:Canada House">Canada House</a> is in the background. The heritage routes began in November 2005, and this picture was taken on 9 December 2005, the last day of normal operation of Routemasters in London, with the changeover of the last ordinary route using them, the 159, to modern buses.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35765599@N00">Jon Bennett</a>
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