Routemaster Farewell Dvd

Description

Relive the unique Routemaster experience during the thirty months of operation.

Most routes seen on film.

Visit most key locations and watch passengers and crews.

Take some on-board journeys.

Attend the final days on Route No’s 8, 9, 19, 38, 73 and 390 with hosts of visiting vehicles.

Ride the first of the new heritage routes.

Soak up the atmosphere of the final commemorations of the 159 bus route on 8th and 9th December 2005.

Looking at the final 2½ years of operation in London for the iconic and famous original Routemasters.

Starting with the final days of operation for the buses on Route 15 that linked Blackwall and Trafalgar Square via Aldgate, Cannon Street and Aldwych.

The last days on:

Route 94 linking Acton Green and Piccadilly Circus via Turnham Green, Shepherds Bush, Queens Way, Marble Arch and Oxford Circus.

Route 507 linking Waterloo Station and Victoria Bus Station via St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth Bridge and Horseferry Road.

Route 6 linking Willesden Garage and Aldwych via Kensal Rise, Queens Park, Warwick Avenue, Edgware Road, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

For the Routemasters on Route 98 linking Willesden Garage and Holborn via Kilburn, Maida Vale, Edgware Road, Marble Arch and Oxford Circus.

Route 8 linking Bow Church and Tottenham Court Road via Old Ford, Bethnal Green, Liverpool Street, St Pauls and Holborn.

Route 9 linking Hammersmith Bus Station and Aldwych via Kensington, Hyde Park Corner and Trafalgar Square.

Route 73 linking Stock Newington and Victoria Bus Station via Newington Green, Angel, Kings Cross, Oxford Circus and Marble Arch.

Route 390 linking Archway and Notting Hill Gate.

Route 12 linking Dulwich Library and Oxford Circus via Peckham, Elephant and Castle and Trafalgar Square.

Route 36 linking New Cross Bus Station and Queens Park via Peckham, Camberwell, Vauxhall Victoria, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Edgware Road, Paddington and Maida Hill.

Route 19 linking Battersea Bridge and Finsbury Park Bus Station via Chelsea, Piccadilly Circus, Holborn and Islington.

Route 14 linking Putney Heath and Warren Street Station via Fulham Road, South Kensington and Piccadilly Circus.

Route 22 linking Putney Common and Piccadilly Circus via Kings Road, Sloane Square and Hyde Park Corner.

Route 13 linking Golders Green and Aldwych via Swiss Cottage, Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus.

Route 38 linking Clapton Pond and Victoria Bus Station via Hackney Central, Dalston Junction, Angel, Holborn and Piccadilly Circus.

Route 159 linking Streatham Station and Marble Arch via Brixton, Kennington, Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus.

Finally we then see the last full day of operation for the Routemasters on 5th December 2005 with streets lined with crowds to bid a final farewell on the morning on 9th December 2005.

Approx. 100 minutes.

This new dvd is being sold with full permission of Heritage in Motion.