The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The first prototype was completed in September 1954 and the last one was delivered in 1968.

2018年11月8日 · English: Routemaster bus RML2760 (reg. SMK 760F) was the last production RML-class Routemaster, which had superceded the shorter RM class. It was delivered to London Transport in February 1968. Having been used at various garages, from 1975 it began what was to be a long association with Upton Park garage (code U).

The RML is the high capacity version of the Routemaster designed for the major central London routes. The extra capacity was obtained by adding a 2ft 4in bay in the centre of the body and is instantly recognisable due to the square windows that rather look like an afterthought (which, of course, they were!).

AEC Routemaster RML buses of London Transport: Drawings, Photos, Fleet History, Photo Index

RML3 is one of four prototype Routemasters built and tested between 1954-1958 before full-scale production began. It was taken into stock in July 1957 and entered service in January 1958, allocated to Willesden garage for use on route 8 into and across central London.

English: The prototype RML3 / RM3 (reg. SLT 58) was the third of four complete pre-production Routemaster buses built, before production began with RM8 (RM5-7 having been half-bodied test platforms). It was also the first Routemaster to be preserved.

2023年12月18日 · The RML-Class Routemaster was a lengthened version of the iconic Routemaster bus with additional capacity designed for major central London routes which were by far the busiest. It was powered by a AEC AV590 9.6 liter diesel engine producing 115 bhp at …

The Routemaster has in recent years become the most well-known London bus and, perhaps, the most famous bus in the world.

The RML was a hybrid double-decker that combined features found on both its predecessors: it was partly converted from an RT1 and partly built anew with a rear entrance floor to create greater standee space at peak times.

Around 3000 vehicles comprised the RM family, four prototypes built in the mid fifties were followed from 1959 by production models through to the mid sixties.