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Old May 17th 10, 08:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / newRoutemaster) unveiled

Graham Harrison wrote:


It's not a Routemaster.

Tom


Are we sure it's 87 seats? Or is it 87 capacity (x seats and y standing)?


As Garius points out, it's 87 *capacity* which explains a lot - the
actual seating is less than the original Routemaster let alone a modern
double decker or even a bendy, which has twice as many seats downstairs.

In point of fact it's got fewer seats downstairs than a modern midi-bus,
the local ones of which tend to have about 25.

Tom