
The first Routemaster, prototype RM1 has been restored to working order at the London Transport Museum and now appears at Rallies. |

The second Routemaster prototype RM2 is also at the London Transport Museum. It turned out for the 2016 East Grinstead running day. |

Prototype Leyland powered Routemaster RML3 (in this case the L means Leyland rather than long) is at the London Bus Museum and is licensed as a PCV to run on their service to Weybridge station. |

The prototype Routemaster coach, RMC4, has been preserved for many years - originally by London Country. It is now in the operational fleet of The London Bus Company (so doesn't really qualify for this page but is too special to leave out). |
Pre-production RM5 (VLT 5) passed into preservation in 2019 following several years in the Arriva London heritage fleet, and had been operational with Arriva London South until 2001. |
The first production Routemaster, and the last to enter passenger service with London Transport following 18 years as a test vehicle, RM8 is now preserved by the RM8 Club. |

Early production Routemaster RM44 is preserved in the livery and identity of Southend Transport 122. It was one of a number purchased by Southend from London Transport. |

Towing bus RM66 is preserved by the RM66 Group and kept at the Swansea Bus Museum. |
Open top RM120 (SSL 809 ex VLT 120), latterly with First London, was sold to a private owner in 2008 for preservation. |
Private owner Jim Carr purchased RM196, and has it back out on the road following a respray.
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RM202 (GAS 341 ex VLT 202) has been privately owned since 2004 and was for sale on eBay in 2020.
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Privately preserved RM254 (VLT 254) at the AEC Society Newark rally in May 2023.
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RM291 (WLT 291) is preserved with operator Sharpes of Nottingham.
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RM308 is with Duane Curtis in Swansea and is regularly rallied in Wales and the south-west. The picture was taken at Mumbles in 2010.
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RM316, which last ran in service with Reading Mainline, is with a preservation owner in Ireland.
Another preserved ex Reading Mainline is RM244 (which is currently registered VLT 250, the plate from RM250) in Wales.
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RM349 at Didcot in May 2022
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RM357 (WLT 357) is currently in store following the passing away of its former owner.
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RM378 is with Dave Green, Travelgreen, Doncaster, currently registered WFO 410, and is being immaculately restored. |
Preserved RM506 was seen at the Aston Manor Transport Museum's farewell event in October 2011. The collection has moved to an alternative site at Aldridge but it is not yet open to the public. |

RM577 is preserved in unpainted silver livery (which was carried for a while by RM577's body when it had the identity RM664) by John Braga, and is appearing at rallies. John also has a website dedicated to AEC Regals. |

RM597 (WLT 597) has been restored to original London Transport condition and appeared at the route 65 running day in April 2021. |

Preserved RM613 was seen working on loan to Southern Transit for one of their Bank Holiday special services in May 2018. |
RM759 (WLT 759) is preserved by Michael Roulston at the Beith Transport Museum in a version of Glasgow City Transport livery carried when it operated a Glasgow city tour for First Glasgow.
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RM835 is preserved by the Clydeside Preservation Society in the attractive livery of Clydeside Scottish, with whom it ran after initial withdrawal by London Transport. It was pictured at the Easter 2018 Kirkby Stephen Rally.
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RM910 is preserved in Kelvin Scottish livery, representing the period in the 1980s when it operated for Kelvin as their 1929. It is owned by Gary Conn and Martin Guerr and kept at the GVVT Bridgetown depot.
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This picture of RM835 and RM910 together was taken by Paul Veeny, who would like to acquire any other RM with Kelvin connections.
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RM843 (XVS 828) has been recovered from a field in Sussex, where it's been since at least 2003, and moved under cover in 2024. Much restoration work will be required though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjA8QgjyE38
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RM848 is now preserved in Buckinghamshire following a period of use as a private hire vehicle in the area. |

RML896 and RM2198 are preserved by the former owners of Carousel Buses, in whose fleet they last ran as operational vehicles. |

RM928 at the 2009 Alton rally.
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Another preserved Routemaster that can be seen at rallies, RM938 at Detling in April 2018
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RM980, which worked for Stagecoach in Perth for a number of years before returning to East London, is now preserved in LT livery
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Landmark RM1000 seen giving free rides at the 2014 Alton running day.
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Preserved since 1987, RM1001 (1 CLT) joined the fleet of Crosville Heritage, Weston-super-Mare in 2020, but retains its preserved status at the present. |

RM1005 is owned by Transport for London's Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy, and is a regular visitor to running days and the annual Imberbus event which he jointly organsies. |

RM1033 is preserved by the owner of AEC Merlin MB90. Interestingly, during the period of body and running unit swapping by LT, 1033 acquired the body, A-frame and B-frame of RM1030 - so really it is 1030! More info can be found at the RM1033 website. |
Preserved RM1058 (204 UXJ) changed hands in 2013 and is now with a private owner in Gloucestershire. |

Smartly turned out RM1063 at an event in Detling in 2012. |
RM1224 was sold by LT to United Counties and then passed to Stagecoach in Perth where it was re-registered UYJ 654. It was sold for preservation in 1997 and is now privately owned in East Grinstead. |

RMF1254, the prototype forward-entrance Routemaster, which later moved from London Transport to Northern General, is now restored to active preservation with London Routemaster Bus Company, Wisbech, and was captured at an Epping Ongar Railway event in 2018. |

RM1357 is in privately owned following a short spell with vintage bus operator Crosville of Weston-super-Mare. The picture shows at Imberbus 2019 with a previous owner. |

RM1361 is privately owned but operates on loan to Ensignbus. It was seen on the December 2023 Ensignbus running day at Upminster. |

An unusual RM in preservation is RM1368, which was converted to single deck after an arson attack in 1973 but saw little service as a PCV and passed into departmental service with LT. It was pictured in 2012.
Owner Andrew Morgan advises that it has its own photo gallery where you can see more pictures of it here: http://www.routemaster.org.uk/galleries/index/members/page:6 |

Preserved RM1397 at Forest Row during the East Grinstead running day in 2014. |

Preserved RM1400 has the registration number from RM1398 as the original is no longer available. It was pictured at the 2019 Imberbus event. |
RM1414 (414 CLT) is preserved at the Manchester Museum of Transport.
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Green Line RMC1456 (456 CLT) has been privately preserved for a number of years and changed hands in February 2013 after being sold at auction.
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Green Line RMC1461 (461 CLT), which ended its working career running on London route 15 for Stagecoach, is preserved at the London Bus Museum and appears regularly at running days.
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RMC1469 is resident at the the Isle of Wight Bus Museum.
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RMC1476 was once preserved in NBC green livery but has been treated to a repaint in Lincoln Green coach livery when pictured at the Fenland Busfest event at Whittlesey in September 2021.
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RMC1497 (497 CLT) is another Routemaster coach preserved in Greenline livery. |

RMC1500 (originall 500 CLT) carries the registration plate 486 CLT from RMC1486 and displays that fleetnumber also. It is preserved in London Country bus livery, and has been active at rallies and running days. It changed ownership in November 2013. |

RMC1510 (510 CLT) is preserved by the managing director of Go North East and was pictured at the Imberbus running day in 2019. |

RMC1513 is preserved by the London Bus company in NBC green livery, and was previously in red livery wioth Ensignbus.
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After 15 years in storage, Scania engined RM1527 changed hands in 2018 and is now preserved alongside RM1033 and MB90.
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RM1650 (650 DYE) is preserved in the Queen's Silver Jubilee livery it carries as SRM3 in 1977, and had latterly been in the special events fleet of Centrewest and First Berkshire before being sold in 2018 and passing into preservation in 2020.
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RM1737 (737 DYE) is preserved at the London Transport Museum.
RM1799 (799 DYE) is preserved in Kent following some time as an operational vehicle with Red Route Buses.
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Privately owned RM1804 has been treated to a recent repaint and was seen at the Detling rally in April 2018.
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Preserved RM1955 in a later variation of London Transport livery, with the now famous roundel.
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RM1973 is preserved by London Taxi Exports. It was bought straight out of service with Metroline where it ran the last Routemaster journey on the 390. It had a mechanical overhaul in 2012 and bodywork overhaul commenced in 2013 to restore it to fine condition.
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RM1990 is preserved in the livery of Reading Mainline for whom it ran in the 1990s.
Also in Mainline livery, RM999 (WVS 423) and RM1859 (859 DYE), are preserved by Reading Heritage Transport and also used for heritage operations and hires.
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RM2037 has changed ownership a few times and was on display at the Epping Ongar Railway's site at North Weald during an event organised by the London Bus Company in February 2022. It last ran in service with Reading Mainline / Reading Buses.
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RM2059 (ALM 59B) has passed into preservation following the demise of Routemaster Buses (Crewe) and was based at the Bala Lake Railway in 2018.
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Privately owned RM2097 is undergoing body work restoration but turned out for the London Bus Museum route 65 running day in April 2021.
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Private owner Peter Legg has RM2116 in preservation and takes it regularly to rallies and running days, such as when seen at Alton in 2018.
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Privately preserved RM2180 at the Fenland Busfest event based at Whittlesey in May 2022.
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RML2185 (CUV 185C) and RML2266 (CUV 266C) are preserved by the proprieter of Carters Heritage Buses of Ipswich.
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Preserved RM2213 (CUV 213C) pictured at Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire, in 2015.
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One of the single batch of long-wheelbase Routemaster coaches built for Green Line work, and later transferred from London Country to London Transport as red buses on route 149, RCL2219 is preserved in its original Green Line livery at the Wythall Transport Museum.
http://www.wythall.org.uk/vehicles/vcuv219c.asp
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Another of the RCLs in preservation is RCL2233, seen at the 2017 Isle of Wight Beer and Buses weekend in Green Line livery.
Sister RCL2254 is preserved in the livery of Bus Engineering Limited. RCL2260 is in the operational fleet of London Bus Company Ltd and also appears regularly at running days.
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Open-top RCL2250 had been in Devon for NPSV use but was sold in 2016. Prior to that previous owner Ed Rowson oversaw its repaint into the original livery of Lincoln Green and restoration of some seating to the lower saloon.
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RML2275 is preserved by a private owner in Wolverhampton.
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Privately preserved RML2276 (CUV 276C) at the AEC Society Newark rally in May 2023.
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RML2286 passed from the Stagecoach heritage fleet at Carlisle into preservation in 2023.
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RML2299 is preserved in Bedfordshore by the proprietor of Grant Palmer.
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Lincoln Green "country" RML2306 at the 2006 Gravesend running day. Following some changes of ownership it is now with a private owner in Bedfordshire.
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RML2312 is preserved in the West Hampstead area (apparently owned by a countess!) and has recently been repainted from Metroline livery into original LT livery.
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RML2321 (CUV 321C) and RML2480 (JJD 480D) returned to preservation ownership in Norfolk during 2021 following a spell in use as private hire vehicles with Bus & Us.
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Green RML2330 stands among trees at the London Bus Museum's former Cobham site in October 2009. |
RML2334 has been painted back into London Transport Country Bus livery, after a period of being in NBC green livery from its London Country days.
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RML2364 is preserved in Lincolnshire following a change of ownership in 2021.
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Privately preserved RML2391 has been operating for Classic bus North West on their Blackpool seafront service 12 in 2012.
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RML2393 was bought for preservation in 2007 by private owner Kingsley Hamilton, who is restoring it to original condition. It passed its MOT after some mechanical work was done, but required a lot of cleaning, inside and out, after sitting under trees for three years in a pub car park. It is now a regular visitor to rallies and running days. |

RML2396 preserved in Go-ahead style route 12 livery at the 2014 Alton rally. This bus moved to the Ensign Heritage fleet in 2023. |
RML2402 (JJD 402D) is preserved in Kent following some time as an operational vehicle with Red Route Buses.
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Privately owned RML2412 in action at Windsor in June 2014. |

Green RML2419 (JJD 419D) was pictured by Garham Sleath at the North Norfolk Railway event in June 2022.
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Peter Cartwright, one of the organisers of the Amersham & District running days, owns green RML2440, which was seen at the annual Amersham Running Day in October 2015.
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RML2443 is preserved by a private owner in County Durham and was pictured at Brough at Easter 2018. |

RML2444 is a member of the Stagecoach preserved fleet, and is stored at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond.
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RML2452 is preserved at the North West Museum of Transport, St Helens.
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Following a spell in NBC green livery, preserved RML2456 has now been repainted into traditional Lincoln Green livery.
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RML2463 in LT red livery at the 2013 Newbury rally.
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RML2478 is owned by one of the organisers of the GWR diesel gala and bus rally, and was seen on the Evesham-Toddington feeder for the 2008 event.
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RML2486 entered private preservation in 2013 after previously being with London Bus Company.
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RML2515 passed into preservation following the demise of Routemaster Buses, and has been bought by RM Buses but is still based at the Crewe Heritage Centre.
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RML2518 is privately owned in the Manchester area and appears at events in the north-west. |

Red RML2543 at the 2009 Alton rally
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RML2547 is under preservation and based in the Hereford/Powys area.
RML2579 is privately preserved in London.
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Red RML2589 at the 2008 Slough running day |
RML2616 (NML 616E) is preserved in Nottinghamshire after spending some time as a wedding hire bus in the area/ |

RML2620, which ran for much of its life at Holloway garage and was a golden jubilee vehicle in 2003, is preserved in Metroline livery. Also preserved in Metroline livery is RML2731.
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RML2633 is privately owned but is kept at Arriva's Cannock garage in Arriva livery.
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RML2634 (NML 634E) has gone for preservation in West Sussex after being stood down as a private hire vehicle with Thisbus.com.
RML2666 (SMK 666F) is with a private owner in the south-east.
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RML2686 is preserved and appears at rallies in the north of England.
RML2716 is at the Dundee Museum of Transport.
RML2719 is with a private owner in Dorset.
RML2725 is with the proprietor of Kent Coach Travel (Travelmasters), Sheerness.
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Former Centrewest and First Berkshire RML2735 was sold to Sir Peter Hendy in 2017 and is another regular at the annual Imberbus event.
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Preserved RML2750 was seen in action giving rides at the 2012 Detling rally. This has subsequently returned to active service with Brigit's Afternoon Tea Tours.
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RML2755 (SMK 755F) is with a private owner in Wembley.
RML2759 (SMK 759F) is in preservation following a spell as a wedding hire bus.
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RML2760, the last Routemaster delivered new to London Transport has passed to the London Bus Museum following a period on loan from Stagecoach.
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Forward entrance RMA11 (NMY 648E), which was one of those originally used for BEA airport transfer duties, has joined the London Bus Company preserved fleet from a private preservationist in 2019. It had previously been used as a special events vehicle with Western Greyhound.
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Forward entrance RMA14 (KGH 602D) is preserved in the BEA livery it carried when new for the central London to Heathrwo Airport shuttle service.
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Sister NMY 645E (RMA22) moved from storage in Ireland, where it was registered 67-KK-501, to Mullany's of Watford for restoration in 2018.
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Unique forward entrance FRM1 is at the London Transport Museum and occasionally ventures out to rallies. |
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