AEC Wiring Diagram

 In 2008, London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson promised voters that if the majority vote for him, buses in the style of the classic AEC Routemaster will ride around the city.

The Routеmaster itself was produced from 1959 to 1968 and was distinguished by its reliability: many machines were in operation until 2005! But they were still taken off the lines - and after serious repairs and replacement of engines, only ten copies were left on two routes.

Johnson was elected, he kept his word - and a competition was held, which won a project created by Heatherwick studio in conjunction with the London Transport Authority. "New Routemaster" was nicknamed, the first copy was put into operation in early 2012, and now there are about a thousand of them.

They are produced at the Wrightbus plant in Northern Ireland and are equipped with a hybrid drive: a 185-horsepower Cummins ISBe diesel generates power for a Siemens electric motor, which is already mechanically connected to the wheels. There is also a 75 kWh lithium-ion battery. The price of each bus is 355 thousand pounds sterling (about 400 thousand euros).

The main feature of the novelty is the ability to jump-jump from the back platform anywhere on the route, as in the old Routemaster.

Entry to Routemaster is usually through the front door: if there are a lot of people, you can enter through others, but if the bus is empty.

There are two or one stairs to the second floor, and on the second deck during rebuilding you feel as if you are in a car driven by a student - scary!

If you are going on the second floor and are going to leave, you need to press the bell button on the handrails - otherwise, going down the stairs, you will bump into the wave of incoming passengers and you will not have time to jump out. Or, if there is no one at the stop, the driver may not open the doors at all.

Those who are waiting for a bus on the sidewalk also have to give signals: when, with a large congestion of traffic, buses go close behind each other. By the way, in London there are stops that are open from the road: they usually stand on narrow sidewalks, protecting passengers from splashes and possible collision of vehicles.

But from a series: it is not customary to give up space in transport, but I watched as an elderly gentleman gave up a two-seater bench to a passenger with a child.

London is full of sightseeing buses - and I witnessed a small accident. Our Routemaster drove too close to a motorcyclist who was standing in the line - and he fell, slightly damaging the bike. It was not so: the bus driver handed the motorcyclist money - and everyone went about their business.

As for the London bus fleet, it continues to be updated. We also talked about the fact that the Chinese manufacturer BYD, together with the British body shop Dennis, will supply about fifty such two-story buildings to London. And perhaps this is just the beginning.