42 The London Bus
Oxford Street
RIGHT: Newer
types of
double-decker
gradually ousted
Routemasters
from Oxford
Street. The Arriva
vehicle on route
176 is L66, one
of 260 Leyland
Olympians new to
London Buses in
1986/87.
BELOW: A
Chinese-built
BYD electric
double-decker
in the Metroline
fleet — one of five
built for trials in
London — leads a
New Routemaster
westwards along
the eastern
section of Oxford
Street, as a cyclist
passes on a food
delivery and a
taxi mounts the
central reservation
to make way
for the buses.
GAVIN BOOTH