Impressive RM refurbishment restores original features

摘要

Hants & Dorset Trim may be best known in London for its refurbishment work on seven-year-old buses, but the project now under way to refurbish heritage Routemasters for Transport for London is unlike anything previously done at its Eastleigh works. When heritage operation on route 9 was withdrawn in 2014, TfL promised to use the money saved to return the best of the remaining RMs used on heritage 15 (Trafalgar Square-Tower of London) as far as possible to their original specification. If you think refurbishment means repainting, reupholstering and new flooring, think again. This contract is perhaps best described as a retro-refurbishment, as it is turning back the clock as far as possible.