RM3_Baker_Street_JUL79

There have been revenue earning Routemasters on London's streets for over 50 years (RM1 entered revenue service in February 1956). So the design was clearly a good one. Why reinvent the wheel? - just build a load of new ones to the same design. Unfortunately that is not an option because the design is not suitable for passengers with disabilities.

As for British Transport Police acting as conductors...sounds like a New York type idea to me. Might be a useful way of moving the police to locations around the capital, but to have one on every bus? Yes, where will the money come from bearing in mind that Boris indicated that there was a huge hole in the TfL budget. Perhaps the Brit. Trans. Police budget is over funded and can fill that hole?