The Bendybus in London

Trailer for the DVD which surveys all 12 routes operated by the Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated bus between 2002 and 2011. DVD available from www.bhtransportdvds.co.uk.

[@eatinsomtin9984]

fucking hell, i remember going on one when i was 6 now im 17. BRING THEM BACK

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

No chance I'm afraid!

[@eatinsomtin9984]

@@bobhodgestransportDVDs lol

[@adolflenin4973]

@@eatinsomtin9984 lmao

[@George-jz9fk]

Same thing

[@Jasmine8496]

Not just London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton and Portsmouth

[@HDTransport]

1:50 boing boing boing

[@Bobbyandmog]

Man what is wrong with that 29? XD

[@haroldomiyaura912]

weird movement

[@Pangooooo]

They having a party in there

[@TransportWithDee]

Surely the bus wasn’t meant to be going that 🤣

[@ThamesNorth]

lean and bop ahh bus

[@AarowSummerPotato]

Who came here because we no longer have these busses

[@unnderneath]

Right I was wondering why they were removed

[@ayyjayy7071]

I liked them

[@TheRedFloofball_Foxy]

@@unnderneath Fires , cyclists , free riders (what? oh yea) and i guess them not being able to fit in some places

[@conrad9289]

The way the 38 bus driver noticed u filming, by giving a hand signal.

[@adolflenin4973]

Legend

[@fokuz2023]

@@adolflenin4973 ikr

[@AWB1968]

Ì am a Route 38 bus driver and drove the bendy bus. It was a fantastic experience, so sad when it ended.

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

I liked them too, there are very few bendybuses left in the UK now, Aberdeen and Brighton are still using ex London ones, although not for much longer I would think.

[@NAOMINATION]

Now this is a BIG throwback.

[@conrad9289]

i do miss the bendy buses. When the bendy buses was withdrawn from the route 73, the northern section of the route was also withdrawn between seven Sisters and stoke Newington

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

Thats what i wondered because as i just stated above, i dont recall it running down that route towards the swan - or what used to be..

[@wilsoncrush]

It’s back on the route 73

[@conrad9289]

@@wilsoncrush lol

[@Blue_Flix]

Notice how most of these buses are now (or were) Gemini 2's

[@rabd9881]

1:22 the 25 foreshadowing its curtailment

[@wilsoncrush]

I agree

[@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm]

O yes hahaha

[@MatthewBluefox]

Citaro G is a common sight in Switzerland, even in the countryside. :) Greetings from Winterthur. ^^

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

London withdrew the bendybuses because the then mayor of London, Boris Johnson, (now our disgraced ex prime minister) didn't like them.

[@Marc-so2cd]

When buses were cool. Now that was worth watching.

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Those were the days!

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

Memories man! I don’t remember the 73 coming down that way to terminate at seven sisters tho🤔 Theres no curtailment point so im guessing it probably went to the Tottenham garage

[@TransportNRTH73]

Tottenham Green, close to the garage.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Also called a Slinky Bus 😊

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Haven't heard that name before.

[@laureanoarantesnetto8893]

Poderíamos ter este bus em. Sp?

[@KingofLondonUnderground1978]

I miss bendy buses

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

I thought they were excellent, blame Boris for their demise.

[@daboysus1094]

I remember these I wonder if it will return in london

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

I Don't think there is much chance of bendybuses returning to London or anywhere else in the UK.

[@daboysus1094]

Oh that a shame

[@williamwatson5871]

On certain routes....Red Arrow 436, 453 and the 207....they were great. The others no. Should of kept the double deckers.

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

They worked best on long fairly straight routes.

[@HedleyOnTheHill]

i remember when bendy buses used to operate in newcastle. good times good times

[@Oniontrololol]

Aha I remember seeing a bendy bus broken down in the middle of a junction in central london causing a massive congestion 😂

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

A couple were destroyed when they caught fire.

[@wilsoncrush]

BANDY BUSS!

[@wilsoncrush]

Bendy buss

[@yunglean4759]

I don't like the wheels on the 29 and 12. But I like the wheels on the 25, 453,507

[@LondonTransport47]

The arriva livery was the best on the bendy bus

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Yes I agree with you, the yellow coach line broke up the mass of red and distinguished them from the other company's buses.

[@LondonTransport47]

@@bobhodgestransportDVDs sham the got rid of the coach line I remember it very well

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

This articulated buses are supposed to replace the legendary double decker units. What happened?

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Boris Johnson became Mayor of London and he decided to get rid of them as he didn't like them, he thought they were dangerous and not suited to the streets of London.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

@@bobhodgestransportDVDs Boris Johnson the England's Donald Trump

[@will_n775]

@@jorgefigueroa4437 agreed

[@grassytramtracks]

@@jorgefigueroa4437 I agree too, he'd better be kicked out at the next election (sadly I'll still be 17, and I'm more likely to win the lottery without buying a ticket than have this government give 16 year olds the vvote

[@juliesmith5567]

Fucking hell it's just like a train and it looks like a long bag pipes ready being played and I bet it's hard and nervy too

[@Ali_20175]

1:50 lean and bop lean and bop lean lean lean and bop do a lean and bop

[@alexandrajarrin181]

Haha and the bendy bus continues to operate in bromley :)

[@Skibidibab]

Sinagpore too

[@wilsoncrush]

And London

[@leylandlynxvlog]

Where?

[@zaidansbestbusandtrainvide1448]

It's like route 29 had a butt problem on that bump

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

The bendybuses could be a bit bouncy at times.

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

I used to love that bit of the route going college in 2008/9😔

[@sandrasercombe3918]

What s you're sponge on bendy buses being band I think they should have kept them for torwst

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

I liked bendy buses, they work perfectly well in other countries so why not in the UK, their demise was down to one man - Boris and we all know how that turned out!

[@DenchimusReuben12]

Who thinks of a bendy bus when you see a gal mercedes citaro on the 108 bus?

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Some of them are getting on a bit, replacement in a couple of years?

[@vertical_gyros8861]

mercedes citaro o530G

[@SnewoProductions]

Hi ivan

[@SergejTrasporter2843]

Hi ivan

[@SpellYagami]

it looks like singapore citaro bus but its bendy bus o.o

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

We still have a few Citaros (not bendy ones) in service on route 108 in London.

[@zhibekmokenova6369]

507 irsar

[@terrificspokesman7416]

Now they lie in a field in Malta rusting

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Totally unsuitable for the roads in Malta aswell as the tendency to catch fire.

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

Really? I went malta last year, never saw any lol, they have loads of buses out there, but i cant seem to remember if any were bendy🤦🏽‍♂️

[@terrificspokesman7416]

@@ace-paidinfull5240 depends we're you went

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

@@terrificspokesman7416 mehlia (incorrect spelling i think) and buggiba

[@derekantill3721]

Bendybuses are long gone from Malta 🇲🇹 they were in a yard in San Gwann being dismantled for spares and scrap, all gone long ago now.

[@videodoodler]

We have bendy buses in Sydney too - and yes, they are ridiculous. They hog road space while carrying fewer people than some double decker buses. There is a trial on now of returning double decker buses to the streets of Sydney and if successful, we'll be going the same way as London and replacing the bendy bus.

[@Skibidibab]

Same here in Singapore double deckers replacing bendys😔

[@grassytramtracks]

Bendy buses carry significantly more ppl than double deckers and the extra space they take up per person is miniscule, a dbl decker carries about 80 or 90, whereas a bendy bus carries about 130 to 160 (they have fewer seats, but much more standing space because on a double decker, the stairs take up a lot of space and you can't stand on the top level) besides, you can't criticize ANY bus for hogging up road space - cars are the most insane waste of space you could imagine in a city

[@grahamcannell9692]

Which idiot thought it was a good idea to run these in London ?

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

Well, Ken Livingstone was mayor of London when these buses were introduced, One of Boris Johnson's election pledges when he stood for mayor of London in 2008 was to get rid of the bendybuses.

[@mikehunte2087]

Drove lots of buses but these are stupid unless you have lots of space, mad decision in London but then idiots make the decisions, double decker carries the same but half the length, how many in I know apart from airports ☹️

[@bobhodgestransportDVDs]

The bendybus just wasn't successful in London although they used extensively in other cities all over the world.

[@Cuttlefish2202]

You may wish to hold off on calling something stupid unless you know what you're talking about. An articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro G holds 40 sitting and 117 standing (157 people in total)[1]. A Wright Eclipse Gemini, the sort of double decker you see in London nowadays, holds 66 sitting and 27 standing. (93 people in total)[2]. So an articulated holds about 1.5 times as many passengers as a double-decker. It loads faster (because people are closer to the doors), and costs less to run (lower labour and maintenance costs), and uses road space nearly as efficiently. Citations: [1] www.mercedes-benz-bus.com/en_GB/buy/services-online/download-product-brochures.html#content/headline_980732503 [2] hillscoachsales.com/shop/bus-sales/02-volvo-b7tl-wright-eclipse-gemini/

[@grassytramtracks]

A bendy bus certainly doesn't carry the same, a bendy bus carries far more and the turning circle is about the same as a regular bus