New London bus design cannot be exported (11Jan11)

[mquiroz90]

@1100HondaCB Ur wrong

[gregshell]

What a beautiful looking machine. So red and glossy.

[1100HondaCB]

Health and safety bollocks getting in the way again.

[1100HondaCB]

Will never replace the original.

[TheHollyRog]

So ugly should be called the brutemaster, comes nowhere near the appeal of the routemaster :( boris won't get my vote again !

[Toby01976]

Its destined for the scrap heap as it is UGLY and not iconic. They should have just updated to classic routemaster body with its "half cab" and that iconic grill and put it on a modern chassis. Boris and Ken are total wankers they took away a classic London attraction and icon, what next rebuild Big Ben out of concrete???

[spike200965]

Ha ha ha ! Whilst the rest of the UK live in the real world with modern, safe buses, londoners try to replace the iconic (or is it ironic ?) routemaster with its lack of doors !

But then of course londoners are the most subsidised part of the UK, so not expense spared as they won't be paying for it, just the uk taxpayer (aka mugs)

[ZTubeUserName]

Is the Queen going to ride on this Bus?

[conwaytwitty33]

So build a model without a rear door, problem solved.

[neszasenzed]

The new bus is about 4.4 m high. That's too much for most european cities.

[annoianoid]

I liked the bendy buses.

[f1baker]

I was never a fan of the old Routemaster, i found that even in winter I was far too hot and i kept banging my head on the ceiling, and don't get me started on the platform! this, what is there to say? it's far too expensive, ugly and hopeless at what it set out to be, wheelchair friendly. I will not be sorry if it ends up being withdrawn due to a lack of funds, good ridance i say...

[ct1970pt]

Old Routemaster bus, is the best bus i was travel in London. This is so ugly bus and very expensive. Why the Transports of London, not put again the old Routemaster buses?

[DryRice]

oh god those seat designs.... reminds me when the fat women took more than half of the seat.. >_< this brings back bad memories....

[dewexdewex]

They're too expensive to staff, and there are too many stupid litigious idiots who will fall off them, get injured and sue the bus companies; these are different times to Routemaster heyday times. I can't understand why this design was considered in the first place. It has charm, but it's bollocks. Having limited Routemaster services as we do currently is enough for the nostalgia trip, in my opinion; reinventing the past like this is foolish, when it's clearly inappropriate to do so.

[nickbaldeagle01]

The jump on - jump off platform, or to give it its correct title, the fare dodger's dream...

[kthapar01]

To put it Simply. What a fucking ugly bus! What is the world coming to?

[RajSachdeva]

Simply Stoopid! we can use this bus in LI NY where buses are packed like sardines during rush hours.

[MrPookey666]

Looks better then most people would care to admit.

[dymproductions]

It is already in my area bullshitter...

[tedlam168]

Close the rear door when you're moving like a normal door. Also it would be freezing inside the bus if you left the door open in winter.

[ThomasClarke101]

i dont no if this has been mentioned but i do think that the bus should have an orange or white mobitec digital display for the destination because power blinds are very 20th century.

[AshHill07]

What gets me is the people saying about "why put a door there". Maybe it was to cover the open back on the old one? Seems people have forgotten about the busses this company makes just because we've had a load of imported ones recently. Try googleing the comapnay name and you'll realise the gaps always been there. Its just it didn't have a door before.

[210482fmj]

i would rather see heated seats than a fancy door.

[McmullenEJ]

lolzors so they cant sell it out of the country cuz the company is worried about

the "revolutionary" design taking heat? sounds like artists scared to show their

work too me. I WANT ONE!!

[Lishaaaaaaa]

Those seats are hideous.

[jimbo80982]

@Lishaaaaaaa ikr? what persuaded them to use such disgusting colours? honestly looks like someone has been sick over them after eating spaghettios...

[Lishaaaaaaa]

@jimbo80982 Just looking at them makes me feel sick, it's not an appealing design @ all. I wonder why they chose those colours.

[jimbo80982]

@Lishaaaaaaa yet all the busses have them!

[Melody2717]

the inside of it looks horrific!

[TheLongfords]

for fuck sake, tell the eu to fuck off,

[kinstar]

wow you can full down them stairs onto the road looool atleast you dont have to deal with everyone on the bus staring at you but you make a good exit for the public to see you loooooooool

[dnnmon99]

Yes, it's classic and conceptual...

As a glamorous, or even show-offy local tour bus, its perfect...

but

1.It carries the its unique and dedicated signature which symboling "Its a English bus"

No one would expect tourist to enjoy a local trip on a "significant english bus".

2.less practical with its relatively low capacity, compare with its enormous body...

and that, I think, is essential and which this piece of work is driving itself from the sole purpose of a double-decker bus.

[fervereaone]

I'd like to see that get round the small twisty streets of London

[evantis121]

@fervereaone far better than the outgoing bendy buses, that's how.

[Croydonia2]

@fervereaone It doesn't need to as TFL puts smaller buses on such routes and not all central londons roads are tiny and twisty. We have 14 metre coaches driving through Ldn a nd this is about 12 metres max.

[TheRealEmskiHelp]

@fervereaone Have you not seen bendy buses before?

[my90tp]

I know this may seem Daft but for export to countries outside the UK cant they just put a permanent enclosure there and just run a 2 door design to meet the design regulations such as the ADR's in Australia (Australian design regulations) I like the look of it as it is it'll look awesome around Sydney as the old Routemasters are freakin awesome (been told many a story about them by my Nan as me and my sister were the first aussie born in the family the rest are British born)

[PeteLogan101]

Great looking bus. Stuff the EU

[mckenzie403]

Give it 5 Years, It'll be exported to Leeds, Yorkshire.



[horsepower2007]

its waste of money.where you going to drive this bus.all the road in london getting smaller and smaller.dont put new tax on public for run this bus.

[NurmaBP]

Um that's okay, i think we take another one from China...

[Buttercupline2]

wish it would be around the rest of the uk it look great! don't sell it abroad the people always copy the uk

[hulksmash05]

I live in India, and honestly there are over 1000 buses like these in the streets of Mumbai.

[mcfrdmn]

This prototype looks very nice, but it would never be able to be put in service in Canada in the wintertime. Too much snow in winter.

[STANLIZ4]

Looks fantastic, a great updated evolution of it predecessors

[jack253]

FUCK HEALTH & SAFTEY.

[Elli182GiIl]

its a london bus, why would we export it anyway?

and i have never seen these or the bendy buses, they must be only in central london. here in greater london we still have old smelly buses & trains!

[rtxus]

ugly as fuck, looks like a fat teletubbie...Design cant be exported or more: who else than brits even wants this thing?

[geraldmonroe]

Surely a more obvious obstacle to selling this abroad would be the fact that the bus is built for left-hand drive, which the majority of the world don't follow.

[ARAtrainingVideos]

@geraldmonroe Very Good Point!

[Mr330d]

what is the 0-60 on this bad boy

[deadlyyams]

They should use this on the STA, so much better than stupid bendy buses.

[jack253]

Health & Safety has really hit the top of the notch here. Its only idiots who jump out on the rear open platform when the bus is moving. Look at India or Pakistan you have people fucking sitting on top of the roofs on trains going at high speed.

I'm surprised they hadn't brought out a training purpose on how to open the rear platform door in case someone jams there fingers in.

[LOLfilms100]

so why should this be in another country it is now a British icon. It could be a tourist attraction. I bet the poor french kids would be going "I want to go on the fucking bus!"

[Moonshinedistiller]

I can't wait to be mugged by young dark gang members on this!

[TVismyopiate]

@Moonshinedistiller "dark" you mean "Black", unless you're referring to their clothing. Don't lie or bear false witness, it undermines your relatively-valid argument.

[sarlynh]

This bus looks so cool and it screams "London!" It should stay there...it would look out of place anywhere else!

[FUCK202]

who cares if it cant be used outside the UK, why would another country want to use London buses? its like London taking the New York taxi and thinking 'oh yes, it wont look stupid if we just go and steal their iconic method of transport..'

[TobyParr]

What so if you jump on the back off the bus you get on for free ???. :).

[uzijn]

Did anybody else notice that the registration plate was a 12 plate?

[Ti3rraMar13]

All of our taxes on this silly new bus, the bendy ones were fine

[evantis121]

@Ti3rraMar13 In fairness, Boris did campaign on bringing back the hop on hop off bus in an environmentally friendly guise and won the election so I can't understand some peoples complaints that he shoudn't be "wasting" money on a vanity project etc etc. He won the election and therefore got his mandate from the people. Why are people moaning about a politician that delivered his pre-election pledge??

[jimmyass]

EC means european court i take it. sums up eu for you. people who are old/ risk falling out should not board at back and use middle door! simple.

[spacemanclips]

I'm against all the usual H&S bullshit - but a staircase ending with an open 2ft gap to the road on a moving vehicle? Bus looks cool but no real need for the rear platform, other than nostalgia.

[formulacountdown]

Bloody Anti-conservative BBC.

[TVismyopiate]

@formulacountdown conservatism is only worthy when there's good that needs keeping the same. The routemaster may have been an example, but then again, it's just nostalgia and culture, rather than efficiency. Funny how the right-wing is a mixture of wanting to keep things the same that make (objectively) no sense to, but economic theories that extoll the virtues of throwing away any national institutions (pride and culture included with them) and leaving it to greedy big business to be efficient.

[bengo940]

I can agree the new routemasters are a waste of money. Enviro 400's look better though i think it could have a facelift. The other day i went on an old routemaster, they have them running on route 9. Although the routemaster is loved i'm glad that most buses aren't like routemasters as they would be really uncomfortable to be on when crowded.

[chrischoy9]

It's ugly anyways. Enviro 500 looks a lot better

[feindhortmit]

Fuck the E.C.

[LeksServices]

I think the bus could be marketed in the United States.  87 passengers? There are routes here that would love it ... provided it could get through the overpasses.

[thatguywiththeegg]

You have to laugh that while they have a subway they can also throw seven million at the design board for a new bus while we struggle with shitty old ones. Fuck London and fuck the spoilt little shits who live there.

[4crevis]

It looks too long to me... how will it cope with Londons tight streets/turns?! ... Is it any longer than the old Routemaster?!

[boltar2003]

Bah , they could sell it to india or china or a load of other 3rd world countries who don't give a shit about H&S.

[Cyborgdelta1]

O well if the EU and other countries want to be dicks about it then excuse my French "fuck them" keep it in the UK it some thing different and new for London, It makes the city stand out form other city's in the EU and make us Unique. Me as a tax payer I would not mind if some of our money went into implementing this it would make London look good and help the environment giving us an cleaner and eco friendly city and a fresh face :)

[deliow]

What a BEAUTIFUL design, IS IT BRITISH ??? it really is a CLASSIC design.

Just a thought, TRANSPORT FOR LONDON sounds horrible, it doesnt scan, Ive come up with a ground breaking name, how about

LONDON TRANSPORT ?????????????????????

[datnotfair]

The bus is nice apart from the front. Just put a standard front don't try the make the whole thing futuristic.

[richeyrichm]

its pointless nice sides but the front looks awful but i like the door but its just wont work and whats wrong with the enviro 400 they are very nice, the nicest around.

[hornbytrainsets]

i'll never understand why they designed it without a top rear window. anyone know?

[cvrmaniac]

Well if it's not allowed outside the UK let it become a british icoon something to be proud of theat no other country in the world can have!

[hornbytrainsets]

@ingravegreen wait by blinds, do you mean the lcd ones or the hand scrolled ones????

[Bignadim]

BIG BUT!! is it going to be cooler on the upper deck in the height of summer`s heat?

[sadhaklal]

beautiful design. i think london could do with a BRTS system (dedicated bus lanes). the buses are too slow because they get caught in trafick...

[haydnjames]

Surely if it was sold across the World, it wouldn't really be the 'Iconic London Bus' it was designed to be?

[hornbytrainsets]

@haydnjames yeah thats true. and lets not forget all the reconfiguration it would need. such as left hand drive for europe and usa and right hand doors!

[Hirotoro4692]

Why can't companies that buy the bus abroad simply lock the doors on the rear platform? Problem solved.

Stupid legislation making the obvious solution 'not a solution whatsoever' Shows how convoluted and illogical law can be.

[mistie710]

@ingravegreen If you look at enough London contractor buses, you will notice that the Via blind has been getting smaller for years now, and some companies have stopped using them altogether. Most buses since the RM ceased being produced have only had a rear number.

I still say that they have tried too hard to be "modern" here. The RM was a product of evolution over revolution, yet I've heard the opposite quoted about this beast. It's an improvement over some of the dross but...

[Depth4u]

Good! That great new bus should only be linked to London like the route master was. And I remember Boris saying it would be unique to London anyway. So this story is a non starter. And I'm fed up of Brussels trying to turn every place in Europe into the same.

[pmame32]

the design is just for memorial route master and useless for real situation . I think UK should accept the truth as germany to develop vehicles for for industries . You can see the success of germany from Benz , Volkswagen , audi and volvo , scania from Sweden how to eat the market . As like as leyland from UK , it was sold off to volvo and meant UK give up their enterprise .

[Depth4u]

@pmame32 I strongly disagree when you say "The design is just for a memorial route master and useless for real situation". I have one thing to say to that and that's - THE BENDY BUS. Ken (the idiot) should be shot for bringing them to London. Now they are useless for real situations. They were a complete wast of money as they are being faded out just after a very short time. They were never suitable for London roads.

[albaniaismylife]

87 Passengers and 40% more efficent then other passengers, Germany and China's bus makers are just scared that they will have hard competition

[architect1610]

Well, at least this bus will be new, British and exclusive to the UK :)

[SamTheBumChum1]

This bus is too good for outside the UK anyway.

I wanna ride this so bad, it looks so refreshing.

[KrazyPinkBear57]

anybody know what the unit cost is going to be for these new buses

[yorkie556]

Hopefully this dogs breakfast of a design will sink without a trace along with Boris Johnson in 2012, it looks a mess!

[gggu]

What a plonker...

[DG6985]

I cant wait to ride them

[Stagecoach16281]

@DG6985 same :D

[britanniaairlines12]

I dont want it to be used outside the UK!

[MultiCARTOON]

i love new buses better than old, i want somthing new

[BritishWarLord]

The Wheels on the Bus go round-round-round, round-round-round

[0muffins0]

Government and government regulation grows until the economic harm it causes to businesses is too great and they relocate elsewhere, taking jobs, industry and taxable profits with them.

[MODTRASH]

The Euro cannot crumble fast enough for me!

[bobmamipoko]

@MODTRASH you're an idiot.