And now starting with a selection of Stagecoach vehicles, let's start in Spirit, with the second selected vehicle to bare that moniker. Stagecoach 11377.
New in 2020, 11377 comprised an order of 59 diesel ADL Enviro400MMCs delivered to Stagecoach London from their Bow (BW) garage, for their win of routes 25 & 425 from Tower Transit, which is their main allocation, with the occasional dalliance on the 8 or 205. The vehicle is also distinctive in being the second iteration of Spirit of London, the bus built as a travelling memorial to people whose lives were lost in the 7/7 terrorist attack in 2005, as a Stagecoach Trident was one of the destroyed vehicles.
Our journey sees us on Route 25, a very long route into the capital that runs from Ilford, Hainault Street to Holborn Circus & City Thameslink Station via Manor Park, Forest Gate, Stratford, Bow, Mile End, Stepney Green, Whitechapel, Aldgate, Bank & St Paul's. The route is another of one of the old guard, first introduced in 1934, and at various points across its history reached Victoria, Becontree Heath, Hornchurch, as well as a short slightly separate shuttle service serving Dagenham East to the Fords. 1982 saw it permanently cut to Ilford, and to Oxford Circus in 1992, that was until 2018 when it was cut (stupidly in my opinion) to City Thameslink.
11377 is powered by a Euro 6 Cummins ISB6.7 engine coupled to a Voith D864.4 4-speed automatic gearbox, a commonplace combination one hopes courts your approval.
Start: Stratford Bus Station
Finish: Stepney Green Station
22 июн 2024
