ARoutemasterbuspassesSt.Stephen'sTower,whichcontainstheworldfamous,BigBen,inLondonlastFriday.Thecity'stransportauthority,whichhasbeenquietlytakingtheoldbusesoutofcirculationformonths,saysRoutemasterswillbewithdrawnfromhalfoftheirremainingroutesbytheendoftheyear,andalmostallwillbegoneby2005.
一輛Routemaster雙層巴士上周五經過倫敦著名大笨鐘所在的聖史提芬樓。倫敦交通當局幾個月前已開始悄悄停用這種老爺巴士，現在更宣布Routemaster今年底前的行走路線會再減半，到2005年就差不多全部退役。