I have a love/hate relationship with the 'New Routemaster'.
I really like the way they look from the outside (the glass all the way up the staircase is great) and the soft lighting used at night time is delightful, but the actual cabin and seating is much more cramped than the less sexy but basically more functional ordinary bus models. It's also not particularly great how the door at the rear folds inwards, ruthlessly crushing anyone in its path with maximum prejudice. You learn to squeeze out of the way pretty fast, but still. It's not especially ergonomic.
I think I only ever took the old ones once or twice. I always thought they mostly ran the number 15 route with them for general vibe around the Strand more than anything else.
I really like the way they look from the outside (the glass all the way up the staircase is great) and the soft lighting used at night time is delightful, but the actual cabin and seating is much more cramped than the less sexy but basically more functional ordinary bus models. It's also not particularly great how the door at the rear folds inwards, ruthlessly crushing anyone in its path with maximum prejudice. You learn to squeeze out of the way pretty fast, but still. It's not especially ergonomic.
I think I only ever took the old ones once or twice. I always thought they mostly ran the number 15 route with them for general vibe around the Strand more than anything else.
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