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@BobbyBriggs
The 'New Routemaster' is much nicer than the bendy buses it replaced. Both of them had issues with cooling in the summer (i.e. it was frequently non-existent), but at least on the new routemaster you can get a seat while you bake - instead of baking upright for an hour in cattle truck conditions on the bendy.
It's a shame the open platform is barely used but at least they designed it in. Conductors are just an anomaly in a cashless system though.
I can also understand why it makes financial sense to use off the peg designs for future buses.
Overall it was a nice idea though and I'm glad it happened.