Did you know...
![A Routemaster bus on The Strand, November 2005](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Heritage_Routemaster.jpg/175px-Heritage_Routemaster.jpg)
- ...that the famous London Routemaster bus began service on 8 February 1956?
- ...that they were finally withdrawn from service on 9 December 2005?
- ...that they will be kept alive and running on two "heritage" routes - short sections of Route 9 and Route 15?