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Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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- Transport for London retires last heritage service of Routemaster busesFall in usage and lack of step-free access on the classic front-engined doubledeckers cited as reasons for permanent withdrawal. Transport for London has retired its iconic fleet of hop on, hop off Routemaster buses on the number 15 route, the capital's last running heritage service. Citing reasons including falling ridership across the central London network and the lack of step-free access on the classic front-engined doubledeckers, TfL confirmed the service had been permanently withdrawn.
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- DalesBus summer services return to the Yorkshire Dales DALESBus summer services return to the Yorkshire Dales starting on Saturday with the return of the popular 74 service.
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- End of number 10 bus route through Windsor and Slough... Financial support for these routes has mainly come from Heathrow Airport Ltd, and under the current economic conditions, they withdrew their funding for bus routes into the airport from January.
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