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Old December 23rd 11, 03:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
04:17:11 on Fri, 23 Dec 2011,
remarked:
According to Wikipedia, a New Bus for London weighs 11.8t, and a
Routemaster weighs 7.5t.

That's more reasonable. Perhaps the 18 tonnes was fully loaded.
RMLs were
8.25 tons, by the way.

87 people weigh a little over 7 tons, using the USA's regulation of
185lbs each. I don't know what the equivalent figure is here, but it
tallies with the above quite well.

You can be sure that my 1969 fully laden figures would be more today,
if only because the average weight of a Londoner has risen in the
last forty years!

However, fewer modern Londoners would fit on the bus, so the total
weight may be little changed.


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