Routemaster

Routemaster
Routemaster [Routemaster] noun
a double-decker bus (= a bus with two levels), designed in 1954, used in ↑London and popular with tourists. The driver sits in a separate part at the front of the bus and there is an open platform at the back where people get on and off, and money for tickets is collected by a ↑conductor. They have mostly been replaced by buses where the driver takes the tickets but there are plans to bring them back.

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