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Welcome to Red-RF.com - the site dedicated to London Transport's red single-deck buses

Autumn days. RF437 passes the Marquis of Granby (now a Cafe Rouge) at Littleworth Common, by the Scilly Isles, in October 1978. The 218 is the subject of several Ian Hogben stories.

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What's new

Ian Hogben has provided another installment of his tales of a Kingston RF driver. More information has been added regarding Underground staff buses.

The winter of 2012/3 saw the 60th anniversary of the introduction of red RF buses in London. Many of the route anniversaries were marked by special operations, the details and photo galleries for which are summarised here. The 208 and 202 event also celebrated the centenary of London's first single-deck route.

RF486 is now undergoing overhaul; as a reminder, the photo gallery of the bus in service has been expanded. RT4779 will be attending 2013 events. Times for the feeder service from Leatherhead to Alton Bus Rally on 21 July are here.

Central Area single-deck operations

The site provides details of single-deck services operated by the Central Area of London Transport, up to 1968, and in particular those operated by RFs (1952-1979) - see Red RF routes. We are pleased to include memories and comments from crews and others that remember RFs in operation. More detail is added periodically, and comments and additional input are welcome, please email. There are also a brief history of the RF class, some local history and some background notes on LT operations.

Red-RF events

Details of events we have organised in the past, including operations to mark the 60th anniversary of red RFs, are listed here, with links to photo galleries. Future events will be notified on this page.

This site is designed for Internet Explorer to be displayed at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (or higher). Currently there are a few issues with viewing in Safari that have stumped our extensive team of experts.

Pages updated in 2013 now show the date of the last change.