"Martin Whelton" wrote in message
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Tfl have announcend that the 73 is to be converted to Bendi Bus next
year. The route will be revised to run between Stoke Newington and
Victoria(withdrawn between Stoke Newington and Tottenham) at a reduced
frequency and the veichle requirement will be reduced from 55 to 41, a
25% reduction though part of this is due to the curtailing of the
route. Akthough Bendi buses cater for larger number of people then
double deck RML's, nevertheless it is effectively a cut in capacity, I
wonder to anyone on the group have any veiws on the annoucement as it
effectively spells the end of Routemasters in London(this was it's
busiest route) and it looks they will be all off the road by 2006 at
the latest.

Peter Hendy, Managing Director, Surface Transport, says it all.

Roger