<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriva_London" class="extiw" title="w:Arriva London">Arriva London</a> special purposes fleet <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Routemaster_bus_RM6" title="Routemaster bus RM6">Routemaster bus RM6</a> (reg. VLT 6), pictured in an unknown location operating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_route_159" class="extiw" title="en:London Buses route 159">route 159</a>, heading north en route to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" class="extiw" title="w:Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>. It is wearing a gold livery commemorating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" class="extiw" title="w:Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a>. Not normally a service bus, it is pictured operating a special extra journey on the 159 on 8 December 2005, the second to last day of normal public transport use of Routemasters in London. By the afternoon of 9 December, on which RM6 also worked specials, the route had been transferred to modern double-decker buses. After that day, the only Routemasters operating public transport routes in London would be on the short-worked tourism focused Routemaster Heritage Routes <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_heritage_route_9" title="London Buses heritage route 9">9H</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_heritage_route_15" title="London Buses heritage route 15">15H</a>.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35765599@N00">Jon Bennett</a>
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originally posted to <b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flickr" class="mw-redirect" title="Flickr">Flickr</a></b> as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35765599@N00/71572840">Farewell to the Routemaster</a>