The Introduction of Bus Controllers | Thames News

[@alicanharryreilly8353]

MA1 is Now Preservation with London Transport Museum stored at Metroline CELF Centre in Perivale

[@Thorpe]

I remember these buses around 2004. Noisy things.

[@lucythemoggy1970]

that manager was in westbourne park garage in the 90s, search on u tube for seeing red. he was dealing with a driver for constantly running early

[@vivamalta127]

Those MA's were basically vans with bus bodywork chucked on top!! Great to drive as very quick but the passenger ride was awful. This was late 1988/early '89 , By1990 route 39 had these as i started as a driver at putney.

[@Springamatul]

wow how young does Michael Portillo look I have been watching the railway programmes recently which he presents. Sadly I feel that the bus service is not any better now after so many years.

[@darrengomes2203]

System now uses GPS tracking.

[@AheadMatthewawsome]

1:48 Is that Michael Portillo?

[@sanchoodell6789]

1:05 See the little 'Darling Car' behind the Scottish guy talking a 'Ron' bus which dates this slightly despite the fact that this was recorded on video film giving full colour, crisp clear vision and sound which makes all these news clips feel fresh and 'like they were recorded yesterday' despite the fact that they are now years and decades ago!

[@darrengomes2203]

It's shot on video, not video film, there's no such thing as video film. Just video (tape, disc or flash) or film, which is on celluloid.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

London had bud radio on most routes prior to this the new system ibus is a pain in the arse ,and as for the bread vans this was so they could pay midi bus rates ,I got on big bus ASAP

[@lara400notout]

Still had to wait an hour for buses and two came at the same time! Guess nothing changed as I thought.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

If your in London the ibus controllers not doing his job

[@muk8804]

What year was this please?

[@PeteS_1994]

I think 1988, the new buses are F reg.

[@JW1_1]

Yeah that's it, U2 Joshua tree won album of the year at the Grammy's, Charles and Diana were on the rocks, Berlin wall was about to be knocked down, summer of love was just around the corner and the rest!

[@channel64_thename]

Is that Michael Portillo? (1:48 to 2:01)

[@Michaelbrown1995]

The narrator literally said it was him.

[@airplaneplustrainguy8143]

Channel 64 yeah

[@timwebster8122]

Didn't recognize him without his Bradshaws

[@johnrafferty8087]

Hated the MAs on the 28 and 31. Horribe

[@joseollero3788]

Los routemaster