This is quite an unusual plate as it was brightly-coloured instead of the more common red and white ones. The Shop-Linker service ran only from April until September 1979 and used a fleet of sixteen Routermaster buses (RMs 59, 2139, 2146, 2151, 2154, 2159, 2162, 2163, 2167, 2171, 2712, 2174, 2187-2189 and 2207) painted in a special yellow and red livery. The route started at Marble Arch and ran as a circular service in both directions, linking Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Kensington, Notting Hill Gate and Bayswater Road. The route had a flat-fare of 30p and carried no route number. Although popular, financial pressures caused the service to be withdrawn, having lasted just under six months. There have been almost no enamelled items produced for bus stops with yellow colouring on them
