Preserved Routemaster bus RML2278 (reg. CUV 278C) pictured at the bottom of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket" class="extiw" title="w:Haymarket">Haymarket</a> in London, heading south. It's running along the route of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_route_159" class="extiw" title="w:London Buses route 159">London Buses route 159</a> as a private vehicle (ie not in passenger service), one of several doing the same to mark the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Routemaster_last_day" title="London Routemaster last day">last day of non-heritage Routemaster operation in London</a>. For this it wears a special <i>Routemaster 1955-2005 The End</i> route destination and a white advert on its side from the Routemaster Association, which says "Say Goodbye To Your Routemaster Buses 1955-2005". It's preserved in the London Buses white stripe/orange roundel livery and black route branding it wore as a pre-privatisation London Buses vehicle with the introduction of route 23, in 1992. The livery was short lived, with the post-privatisation CentreWest, and later First London, liveries being applied (but retaining the black route branding)
<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@N00/72104803">The Final Routemaster, 9th December 2005.</a>