PRESERVED BUSES & COACHES
| FLEET No | RML 2308 |
| REG | CUV 308C |
| MAKE | LEYLAND (now Cummins) |
| MODEL | Routemaster (lengthened) |
| YEAR | 1965 |
| BODY | Park Royal Vehicles |
| OWNER | Debbie Avery (The Top Deck Diner), Devon |
| HISTORY | Entered
service for London Transport in 1965 at Reigate Garage, in green livery,
working routes 410 and 411. Became the property of London Country
Bus Services in 1970, but was bought back by London Transport in June
1979. It was repainted red and worked route 6 out of Willesden
Garage. In 1993 it was fitted with a Cummins engine, and in 1994
was acquired by Metroline when privatisation took place in London.
After ten years, the vehicle was sold on to Blue Triangle in Essex in
2004, but later the same year was sold on and conversion to a mobile diner
was begun. It was introduced as a mobile diner, called "The Top Deck
Diner" in 2006, and was photographed below at Romsey, Hampshire in
2007. It was sold again in 2008 to continue as a diner, based in
Devon. Information from: http://www.topdeckdiner.com/ |
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The kitchen area is down stairs. Upstairs is the main seating area, looking forward (left) and rearward (right). |  |
| Above photos taken at: | Hampshire Pageant of Motoring, Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire. |
| Taken on: | 27th August 2007 |
Photographs © Mike Smith 2010
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