COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen’s public transport agency will take double deckers off the streets after the buses failed to take off with commuters, who stayed on the bottom floor. “People don’t use the top floor of the bus when they only ride the bus for two, three or four stops,” Torsten Rasmussen, the Movia agency’s area manager for Greater Copenhagen, said in an interview. “They don’t want to use the stairs to the top floor for short trips,” which are standard for many people in the Danish capital, he said in the interview late Thursday. The 4.1 meter (13.5 feet) high and 12 meter (39.4 feet) long buses were also cumbersome to operate in the city which has some low-hanging bridges and very narrow streets. Still, the buses are likely to be missed by children. “They rush up to the top floor and love sitting in front so they can ‘drive’ the bus like the bus driver,” Rasmussen said. Copenhagen’s double deckers will be taken out of service on October 20, but private double deckers used for sightseeing will continue to operate. The double decker is common in London, and the legendary Routemaster has become a British icon.
Copenhagen double deckers to retire
