I found the London Bus that visited Singapore!

Maxson Goh Films LTZ1665, a Wrightbus New Routemaster in London, England with the fleet code LT665. This was the exact bus that was shipped to and exhibited in Singapore back in 2016 as part of a promotional tour by Go-Ahead, which was commencing operations in Singapore at that time.
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[@user-oj4xm6by5b]

Fun fact: About the third door of this bus, it is converted to only-alighting to avoid fare evasion on these buses. (new buses don't have a conductor to evaluate tickets). Hence people only board from the front door so everyone must buy a ticket before riding the bus, which avoids losses due to lost revenue. Also, the design whereby the staircase is near the third door is derived from the iconic Old Routemaster design.

[@user-oj4xm6by5b]

This buses are also known as the "Borismaster", which came from Boris Johnson's idea of reintroducing the iconic Routemaster while finding replacements for the problematic Citaro bendies in London. Yes, before he is the Prime Minister (at present), back then he was the mayor of London.

[@glitchFan2428]

Yup, I remember the first time I visited London in 2013 there were conductors present at the third door

[@tib1243sstudios]

Great at finding it, Iconic seeing it around in SG back in 2016.

[@theajbros5041]

yes

[@glitchFan2428]

Yeah that was very memorable

[@theajbros5041]

@@glitchFan2428 yes

[@JC368_Productions]

Oh wow you found it nice!!👍👍

[@glitchFan2428]

Thanks!

[@user-oj4xm6by5b]

Squeaky bodywork. Looks like Wrightbus needs some work on their bodywork quality! Older Wrightbus bodywork are more stable and better in quality than this.

[@tyipgtuu]

There was a Metroline one as well

[@ryanbibiaras]

Boris routemaster has returned to you after a long time

[@glitchFan2428]

Or rather, I return to find it 😁

[@8834]

It’s on one of my favourite routes too

[@singaporemrtbustransport6745]

Nice 👍👍 sharing video

[@exploding_devroblox7803]

Ah yes , London bus also had came HK before In 2013 or 2014 ( I forgot which years lol ) also is Routemaster , but not sure is the same bus or not

[@glitchFan2428]

Yep that was in 2014, it was LT3 / LTZ 1003 (LT61 CHT at that time)

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺️

[@glitchFan2428]

Thank you!

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

@@glitchFan2428 Ur welcome. ☺

[@SG6298G]

Nice catch!

[@glitchFan2428]

Thanks!

[@SG6298G]

@@glitchFan2428 no prob

[@Catsocietybb21]

Sad I didn’t catch when in SG… will try and catch in London if i ever visit…

[@glitchFan2428]

All the best!

[@DevilNg92]

1:02 Squeaking bus

[@SShiJie]

I really love the 3rd door, very well designed

[@glitchFan2428]

It looks good I must say

[@AbiEditzzs]

So the bus was then bought by London United?

[@glitchFan2428]

It was transferred over, I believe it's owned by transport for London and they lease it out to operators

[@StatisticsRepublic]

Wow nice!

[@glitchFan2428]

Thanks!

[@Irfan_TheFNFVoidFan]

Wow, Mr Goh, How did you manage to find it?

[@glitchFan2428]

London Vehicle Finder, it's a website that allows you to track buses.

[@Irfan_TheFNFVoidFan]

@@glitchFan2428 Thank you, Mr Goh.

[@AridChannelOfficialSG]

Quite odd it changed to RATP London from Go-Ahead

[@glitchFan2428]

Similar to sg where buses change operators

[@neoman7792]

I think most of the time especially in London, vehicles are leased as opposed to being bought so may change hands frequently, Stagecoach London’s 2014 Gemini 3 B5LH are now being ran by an Arriva subsidiary somewhere in London just as an example

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

@@neoman7792 All the New Route Masters are owned by TfL which is why they can change companies anytime where as other types of buses in London are actually owned by the private companies themselves with TfL owned equipment inside. So Arriva actually bought those Gemini 3's Mrk 1 buses from Stagecoach because Stagecoach London only wanted an all ADL Enviro fleet of buses. That's why when the route 227 went to Go Ahead London, Stagecoach sold their Citaros and they also sold all their Gemini 3 buses to Arriva too

[@sutrblx5546]

Anyone remembers when smrt produced a London type taxi? What happened to that one

[@glitchFan2428]

That was a fleet of real London taxis that were imported to Singapore for use with SMRT

[@huebach6140]

What?! Does it have 3 doors?

[@tib1243sstudios]

Yes

[@3-benevolencesantoschrisga265]

Wow

[@hdb7456]

wowwwwwwww NiCeEeEe

[@user-oj4xm6by5b]

7:53 London Eye

[@SG6298G]

Btw, when will you return to Singapore?

[@glitchFan2428]

Not sure

[@SG6298G]

@@glitchFan2428 UK got return flight to SG?

[@isaiahchua1491]

So the bus is now transfered to another operator?

[@user-oj4xm6by5b]

Yes, it was Go-Ahead London last time, now it is under London United (under RATP Group)

[@glitchFan2428]

Yes

[@jinweiteo4561]

I think singapore will buy that London bus the bus will operate by go ahead singapore the lissen plate will change into sg1687t the interior of the bus will change to man a95 bus interior the red seat is priority and the blue seat is not priority the bus is painted sg♡bus lush green and have eds installed and bus service is 83 and 62 the bus door closeing chime will change to sbs door closeing chime

[@SMBR-jy8kf]

Haha miss it back then in SG

[@glitchFan2428]

Visit London to see them soon 😁

[@unknownywuux_bus]

Nice one

[@glitchFan2428]

Thanks

[@unknownywuux_bus]

Yw

[@singaporemrtbustransport6745]

There is a spelling mistake for visited not visted

[@glitchFan2428]

Thank you

[@Astronomy_Enthusiasm]

Looks a bit like sg Env 500 3 door i must say

[@MrColinTheBusDriver]

Same arrangement

[@resketless]

Wished Sg buy this model in future

[@glitchFan2428]

I don't think it's available outside London tho, wrightbus did have the SRM based on the B5LH for other operators but I don't think anyone bought it.

[@8834]

@@glitchFan2428 RATP bought some, but they haven’t been used in ages.

[@MrColinTheBusDriver]

Boris bus

[@Astronomy_Enthusiasm]

Hey thats not singapore its London

[@glitchFan2428]

As stated

[@VOLVO_B5LH_HYbrid]

WHAT THE ****

[@jesosncho2458]

Ah yes now we have a new bus in the future

[@glitchFan2428]

No

[@MrColinTheBusDriver]

Squeaky

[@nikhaihai]

It's dosen't make sence

[@mitsukiusagiliftbus6852]

Sounds like a chicken

[@glitchFan2428]

🐔

[@metallica-fan]

Iconic. Wonder why SG didn’t buy the unit.. 🥲

[@bogi2989]

Due to LTA

[@AridChannelOfficialSG]

The weather conditions may not be suitable for the bus for extended periods of time. Some parts of our buses from European manufacturers need some changes to be within our hot and monsoon-like climate

[@glitchFan2428]

It's not actually for sale to operators outside London , it was in sg for a promo tour only. Wrightbus did have the B5LH SRM intended for other operators but no one bought it

[@Sean-D78]

The NB4L was always just a gimmick to get Boris as mayor, the gimmick of the bus (third door) doesn't work as advertised anymore and the buses have been reported to be more harmful to the environment than the buses they replaced.

[@mister6692]

Wow