London’s new Routemaster bus has major battery issues. The bus, thanks to its “green” diesel-electric hybrid powertrain, is meant to be “the most environmentally friendly bus of its type”—according to ...

You wait for a bus and then 20 come along! (Picture: Getty Images) You wait for months for a Google doodle and just like that, two arrive in two days. It seems befitting of the 60th Anniversary of ...

LONDON – The bus was late, but it won’t happen again. People thronged London’s streets Friday and jostled for seats aboard a double-decker Routemaster bus making its last run, 40 minutes late in ...

The obituary writers have been busy again, bemoaning the impending demise of London's famous Routemaster buses. But once more, according to London Transport, they may be premature. You can't expect an ...

One of the UK's main bus manufacturers has entered administration today putting 1,400 jobs at risk. Unite regional secretary Jackie Pollock said Wrightbus, which built London's distinctive red double ...

Buses are great starting platforms to build an RV out of. If you want something that stands out more than a school bus or an American transit bus you could buy this, a giant double-decker 1962 AEC ...

London? After half a century, London’s red Routemaster buses are rattling into retirement. Thousands of fans said farewell to the hop-on, hop-off buses Thursday, the last full day of regular service ...

Many 50-year-olds are either considering retirement or wondering if they're likely to be displaced by youngsters. Such a conundrum faces the Routemaster bus, a British transport icon that finally ...

"Too many notes, Mozart." This is what Joseph II, Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor, is supposed to have said on first hearing The Marriage of Figaro. I thought of this funny, if apposite, ...

Routemaster buses will soon be as rare as horses on the streets of London. From March, the last remaining passenger service, route 15, will be drastically reduced. The major change comes on 2 March ...