Routemaster bus RM1640

English: Routemaster bus RM1640 (reg. 640 DYE) was delivered to London Transport in June 1963, with a Leyland engine. It saw use in London until withdrawal in January 1985. It saw further public transport use outside London in the Blackpool Transport fleet (524) and then the Reading Mainline fleet (35) (who fitted it with an AEC engine). In 2000 it was one of a batch of buses bought back by London Bus Services Ltd, being rebuilt and re-engined again (Cummins) by Marshall's of Cambridge, for further use in London. It went into operation on route 36 for London Central in January 2002. It 2003 it was re-assigned to First London, and then to Arriva London, before being finally withdrawn in October 2005. After being returned to LBSL for the final time, 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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  8 May 2006
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  8 July 2006