Routemaster bus RM1218

English: Routemaster bus RM1218 (reg. 218 CLT) was delivered to London Transport in December 1962. It operated in London continuously, through the privatisation process, passing in 1994 to the fleet of MTL London (ex-London Northern). Still with MTL by December 1997, at some point in 1998 it passed into preservation in Lincolnshire. In 2000 however it was one of a batch of buses bought back by London Bus Services Ltd, being rebuilt and re-engined (Cummins) by Marshall's of Cambridge, for further use in London. It went into operation on route 13 for Sovereign Bus & Coach from July 2001, before being finally withdrawn in October 2005. After being returned to LBSL, it was selected as one of the few buses to continue in service on the Routemaster Heritage Routes, going into service allocated to First London on London Buses heritage route 9 from November 2005.

Heritage route 9

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  14 October 2007
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  21 May 2008