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===Tour and charter use=== [[File:Lothian Buses open top tour bus 11 (RCL2241) Routemaster CUV 241C Mac Tours livery, 29 August 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Open top bus|Open top]] RCL2241 on a [[Lothian Buses|Mac's Tours]] service in [[Edinburgh]] in August 2010]] Aside from the London heritage route, the last major operation of Routemasters was in [[Edinburgh]], where [[Lothian Buses]]' tour operation, Mac Tours used [[Open-top bus|open-top]] Routemasters on regular tours.<ref name=AECsInService/> The last were withdrawn in October 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170803110337/https://edinburghtour.com/news/last-days-of-our-mac-tour-and-routemasters The last days of our MacTours and Routemasters] Edinburgh Bus Tours 27 October 2016</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170803110652/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/end-of-the-road-for-edinburgh-s-vintage-sightseeing-buses-1-4280015 End of the road for Edinburgh's vintage sightseeing buses] ''[[Edinburgh Evening News]]'' 7 November 2016</ref> The Afternoon Tea Bus Tour operates as a tourist service in London.<ref>[http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/uk/london/covent-garden/b-afternoon-tea-bus-tour/ Afternoon Tea Bus Tour]</ref> Many Routemasters remain in service as charter buses, both with the companies that operated them in London and with niche charter operators.<ref name=AECsInService/> Routemasters have also been exported, with some seeing further service in Australia, Canada ([[Victoria, British Columbia]], [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]] and [[Toronto]]), China, Colombia, Croatia, the [[Falkland Islands]], Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the United States.<ref>[http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/lt/rm/rmovercs.htm The Gallery] Showbus</ref> A number of [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] Routemasters have been exported to [[Montreal]] in Canada, where Stagecoach provides a tourist service around the city.<ref>[http://focustransport2011.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/routemasters-newly-arrived-in-canada.html Routemasters newly arrived in Canada] Focus Transport 31 December 2012</ref>
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