Kickdown | Stagecoach London Route 488 | Alexander Dennis E200 Allison (37575, YY64YKT)

37575, has appeared on the channel before, in the form of DMV45108, before Tower Transit ceased operations at Lea Interchange. This E200 is the only one in the fleet to be equipped with kickdown, which unlocks the full potential of these vehicles. The rest however are heavily torque restricted and upshift at a very low rpm. The bus is allocated to the routes 488 and W14 whilst commonly working route 236 also. These routes don't usually allow for such runs, especially the 488 which is a heavily over timed low frequency route, providing 18 minutes for the 9 stops between Dalston and Clapton Pond which can be done in anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes.

London bus route 488 is operated by Stagecoach Lea Interchange Bus Company out of their Lea Interchange (LI) depot. It is allocated with ADL E200 (Euro 5 & 6). Route 488 operates between Dalston Junction and Bromley-By-Bow Tesco via Stoke Newington, Clapton Pond, Homerton, Hackney Wick and Bow Church.

[AWTransport]

Impressive, are you from Stokey by any chance?

[londonbuses]

W. Shame this route has too much twist and turns