A bus industry fundraising Saturday

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Jonathan Taylor and his partner Sarah Day journeyed to Warminster to experience a packed day of rides on a variety of current and former London buses – all raising money for charity

Greenline Routemaster 461CLT leads X173FBB, a 2000 Plaxton President-bodied Volvo B7TL open-topper. SARAH DAY

As I think I have said before, waiting in the rain at a bus stop as a child in the 1960s for a Routemaster to come along was the daily triumph of hope over experience. And then, instead of two buses arriving at once, two would sail past in the other direction. Eventually, at a time unrelated to the timetable on display at the bus stop, one would arrive. […]

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