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This is getting pathetic to be honest, A SRM has two Doors A NRM is a Shorter version of the NB4L that still has 3 doors.
This is getting pathetic...yet you make a comment which has already been made and incorrect.

Well variations then. The whole NRM story is rather confusing with so many unnecessary differences.
The NRM is rather simple. The original design was called the NB4L. This changed to the NRM (New RouteMaster) when it went into production. They are all 11.2m bar one, which is 10.6m instead.

Thats is the NRM story.

There was a large alteration to the rear door workings for health and safety issues, whereby one of the doors no longer opens. However that is not really noticeable.

There is then the SRM (Officially called VHR's) which stands for Son-Of-RouteMaster, where it is a merge of this and the Gemini3 on the B5LH chassis as you seem to grasp :P
 
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There was a large alteration to the rear door workings for health and safety issues, whereby one of the doors no longer opens. However that is not really noticeable.
The door still opens, its just a plug slide rear door on all buses that carry the "New Routemaster" plaque at the rear of the bus, on the staircase. (LT511 upwards)
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The buses that carry the "New Bus For London" plaque all have rear doors that pivot in and allow for an open platform "crew" operation. (LT1-LT510)

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The door still opens, its just a plug slide rear door on all buses that carry the "New Routemaster" plaque at the rear of the bus, on the staircase. (LT511 upwards)
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The buses that carry the "New Bus For London" plaque all have rear doors that pivot in and allow for an open platform "crew" operation. (LT1-LT510)

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I was referring to the other door, which no longer opens when the larger door becomes a sliding plug door :P
 

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There is then the SRM (Officially called VHR's) which stands for Son-Of-RouteMaster, where it is a merge of this and the Gemini3 on the B5LH chassis as you seem to grasp :tongueout:
VHR is just London Sovereign's fleet code, and would likely be different if another operator decides to take on an order of SRMs. For example, a Gemini 3 is known to Metroline as a VWH, to London Sovereign as a VH, and to Arriva as a HV.
 
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VHR is just London Sovereign's fleet code, and would likely be different if another operator decides to take on an order of SRMs. For example, a Gemini 3 is known to Metroline as a VWH, to London Sovereign as a VH, and to Arriva as a HV.
Meh, was only going on what Road-Hog said. Never seen an SRM and don't pay much attention to them.
 

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Meh, was only going on what Road-Hog said.
And I was going off what I read online:
Originally it was expected that SRM buses would use bus type code of SRM, however they in fact use VHR as a type code. This is perhaps just as well as the SRM code was previously used when 25 of the original Routemaster buses were painted silver for HM The Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 and at least one of these historic Routemaster buses is known to still exist - and it still uses the SRM designation.
 
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