Ah Hammersmith. Coming out of the Odeon just after 11pm having been deafened by Motorhead for two hours into the welcoming arms of an RM on the 9 back to Charing Cross- those were the days!

Good old times I miss it I remember when Want it to come to a beautiful city still is

Great video, thanks! Seems incredible to think this is almost 21 years ago...

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, i think of this as one of my newer ones.........quite scary really.....

Nice!! I didn’t even know that route 509 existed!!

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

It was just a shuttle to Hammersmith Bridge and back. It ran just to serve those few stops between the Bus Station and the Bridge (which was shut, even then!)....

@realfrowz

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus it was replaced by 533 I think

Everyone looking where they’re going compared to now

Hammersmith Bus Station 🚉 2000s

2:30 I used to laugh every time a Metro put on the handbrake and it made that sound LOL. There was always one bus on every route.

London Bus 2000s

Loved that livery!& my old Stomping ground!

This really does take me back. Good Times good times. Still annoyed as to why they demoted the 295 to those Marshall Darts a few months later after they were a double decker route. Thank goodness common sense prevailed in 2002/3

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

2 жыл бұрын

The crazy idea of converting busy double deck routes to small single deckers has been a constant over the years. Like the Gold Arrow debarcle, 3 midibuses for 2 Routemasters. Who knew that traffic in London was bad and adding to it did not help the traffic flow?.......

@matthewk9131

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Exactly that. Now some routes have been restored back to double deckers. I remembered when the 212 went through a similar situation back in the 2000s and by the end of the 2000s it was restored back to double deckers again.

Like the video lots of changes in Hammersmith since i was driving the 266 one of the busiest and routes we had at Cricklewood my route was the 16 another busy route great times though.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.....keep an eye out, i do have vid from Cricklewood, probably even RMLs on the 16!

Metrobus lovers paradise. Starting to show their age by then but sounded as good as when they were new. Feel a little sad watching as they didn't have long to go by the turn of the century. Hard to believe they had been around since late 1978, though continued being delivered in batches for almost another 7 years. Unlike the RMs, they weren't altered mechanically in their lives with LT. Good to see a mate filming as well. He had good taste.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, my mate lurks in the background on a few of my vids! It was seeing my older videos that spured him on to get a camera and do the same! Metros and Titans shared the same engine, a Gardner 6LXB, which was a good solid engine. Although the RMs had been running with AECs for around 30+ years before they had new ones fitted.....

@jamesfrench7299

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I believe Voiths are kind to the engine -don't permit them to rev too much. Haha, I've seen him in a couple of other vids. Thanks for explaining.

@s125ish

3 жыл бұрын

I guess the 1978 examples were retired by 2000.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

@@s125ish No, some of the early ones were still running, i think M 18 was still hard at it at Cricklewood Garage......

@jamesfrench7299

3 жыл бұрын

Sydney has a preserved ex HK 12m three axle SuperMetrobus with Gardner 6LXCT with Mark II body from 1981 but with chassis from 1977. I rode it in 2018. It was my first ride on an MCW in 19 years and boy did I enjoy it. It sounds as good slowing down as when it's accelerating!

Soon after i passed my pcv in 2004, in 2005, i drove a few metrobuses (via agency), on rail replacement work, as well as titans, and whilst they weren't my favourite, they were solid reliable machines overall They just lacked refinement the titan had, my preferred vehicle type out of the 2 to drive, but they weren't the only types i drove Arriva first and blue triangle used my agency for bus drivers on rail replacement duty

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Blue Triangle buses were fun to drive! Titans, Metro's and even the odd RM or RT were used on rail replacement......happy days!

@Keithbarber

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus i remember seeing an RT on rail replacement once and after the 7/7 attacks in 2005, and piccadilly line was closed, i rode back to rainham on an rml

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keithbarber I drove most of the 'toys' that we had at Rainham, great fun getting paid to thrash an RT up and down all night!

I've been waiting for this :)

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

For the Meros, or Hammersmith?.......

@MrGriser

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Bit of both just a shame you didn't see any renegade bus workings.

If only i could be alive then, todays society is so messed up

2.37 somebody on a phone but no crowds all heads down staring at a screen

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

The mobile phones that were around then were just that-a telephone! They were not mobile computers back then......

I should have said "Freightrambler"!

Anyone know what's happened to Freightliner? V.good cab-rides--suddenly dissapeared.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

No idae i'm afraid......

What camera was this filmed with ?

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

7 ай бұрын

A Panasonic M9 video camera, straight onto full sized VHS tape.....

@SharkVaderYT

7 ай бұрын

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I see, can't imagine carrying a camera that big around Hammersmith these days without getting quite a few stares. Crazy to think how we now all have 4k cameras in our pockets. This was filmed before I was even born, earliest camera I could remember having was a MiniDV camcorder. I have lived in Hammersmith since 2008 and the broadway/bus station look mostly the same as this video with the biggest exception being of course the new buses.

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

7 ай бұрын

@@SharkVaderYT Have you seen these Hammersmith videos, from 1992 kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4aWsJamnsjAc9o.html and 1987 kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGFnlKqbms6tYrA.html.....

The metrobus Are showning there age

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was at the end of their time with main stream operators....

London United: one of the best liveries of the red bus companies, but some of the shoddiest standards of maintenance. After London Northern of course. Ok, and London General

@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus

3 жыл бұрын

Quite a few of the new companies strugged to maintain standards back then!