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Having started operation with an ex East Kent AEC, the colour scheme has inspired the fleet. Big Bus present the smartest open toppers on London tours, as the pictures below show.

Darling of the fleet was this ex Northern General forward entrance Routemaster, FPT593C, one of the fleet of 50 non-London and forward entrance Routemasters built. Ironically it has gravitated to the capital in its final years. It is seen waiting to take up duties early in the morning in the Victoria area.

Sister vehicle FPT588C was converted to open top at some stage of its life. It is seen as a static attraction outside Victoria Station in June 2004.

Once Trent 1006 (KCH106), this 1957 Leyland Titan PD2/12 was converted to open top and saw service with Grey-Green in red London livery and later Grey-Green's own colours. It appeared at Showbus at Woburn in the eighties. It was reregistered XMD47A with Big Bus.

Former London Country MCW bodied AN116 became an open topper in the Big Bus fleet. It is seen here on Marylebone High Road, with a more recent Titan in the background.

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