In with a flourish... out with a fizzle

摘要

I do not think anybody would elect a mayor purely on his proposition to remove articulated buses, but that promise aroused much interest and support four years ago. And with the 10 December conversion of original bendybus route, 207/N207 (White City-Hayes By-Pass), Boris Johnson achieved it well before the May election. Compared to last days on Routemaster-operated routes, and other notable lasts, those for the Mercedes-Benz Citaro bendybuses have attracted few enthusiasts. While they encountered little trouble on the Red Arrow routes serving Waterloo, Victoria and London Bridge rail stations and ought to have remained there, one of bendybuses' big problems elsewhere in London was fares evasion.