On Friday 9th November RML903, owned and maintained by Metroline, undertook a series of trips over Metroline's Route 24 between Hampstead Heath and Pimlico, raising money for the Royal British Legion charity on Poppy Day. This event raised £360 for the charity.
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| RML903 at Pimlico on the 24. © Tommy Cooling |
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| RML903 at Hampstead Heath. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127662272@N07/45118867124/in/photostream/ © Tommy Cooling |
A similar event took place the following Friday on November 16th for Children in Need, with Metroline's RML903 working special trips over Route 4 between Archway and Waterloo, raising £500 for the Children in Need charity. This occasion was also likely to be the last time RML903 would run to Waterloo on the 4 with its impending cutback to Blackfriars Station, due in 2019 as a result of TfL's Central London bus consultation.
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| RML903 at Waterloo on the 4, for the last time? https://www.flickr.com/photos/127662272@N07/45857560492/in/photostream/ © Tommy Cooling |
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| A day out with Pudsey on RML903. © Tommy Cooling |
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| Pudsey even came along to help out! © Tommy Cooling |
Finchley bus garage (FY) closed on November 25th 1993, and on Sunday 25th November 2018, a special event was organised to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the closure of the garage in North Finchley. The site is now a B&Q store, which retains a original wall from the former bus garage. Finchley garage was home to the early "RML" series, also known as "ERs", Extended Routemasters. Nine of the former allocated RMLs were brought together to run trips over the old 104 and 104A routes; Route 104 operating between Moorgate - Archway (via Islington Angel) - North Finchley - Barnet, and Route 104A operating Golders Green - North Finchley - Barnet. In the event, RMLs from Ensign, The London Bus Company and Metroline were used; ER880, ER882, RML893, RML897, RML898, RML899, RML900, RML902 & RML903.
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| Ensignbus ER882 at North Finchley. © Tommy Cooling |
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| RML900 in North Finchley. © Tommy Cooling |
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| RML902 in Whetstone. © Tommy Cooling |
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| London Bus Company's RML893 in Whetstone. © Tommy Cooling |
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| Metroline's RML903 in Barnet. © Tommy Cooling |
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| RML903 in Archway. © Tommy Cooling |
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| RML903 at Moorgate Finsbury Square. © Tommy Cooling |
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