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London Double-Decker Bus

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London Double-Decker Bus

The iconic red symbol of London's streets/Cars & Road Vehicles

The red double-decker bus is as much a symbol of London as Big Ben or tea with milk. The modern New Routemaster entered service in 2012 as a diesel-electric hybrid, carrying up to 87 passengers on two decks. British people instinctively use it as a unit of measurement for anything large, which is exactly why it belongs here.

Measurements

Overall length11 m
1 tenthsSoccer pitches
1.83Ice cream truck lengths
11 billionCaffeine molecules
Height4.4 m
14.7Bread loaves
1.1High jump bar lengths
Width2.55 m
1.7Scarf lengths
5.2Trumpet lengths
Gross vehicle weight12,500 kg
1.7 thousandthsEiffel Tower masses
68,681Apples
Top speed18 m/s
2 hundredthsRifle bullet speeds
237Galapagos tortoises

About 65 km/h

Wheelbase5.87 m
3.5 hundredthsWashington Monument heights
3.91Blue whale hearts
13Necklace lengths
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