Eye of the Fish » trolley http://eyeofthefish.org A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 On the Buses http://eyeofthefish.org/on-the-buses/ http://eyeofthefish.org/on-the-buses/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:56:11 +0000 Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/on-the-buses/ While I’ve been quite impressed by the new trolley buses in Wellington,

one gleaming in its paua-shell colour-scheme as it slides silently through the city, I still have a hankering for a double-decker, which are fairly common throughout England, and of which we seem to have one roaming solo in the streets of Wellington. It is of course a RouteMaster, the most famous of all the London Transport double-deckers, and well-deserved of its iconic status (iconic: that word again, but yes, on this occasion truly deserving).

Other double-deckers came before and after: none were as well-designed or as…

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