FRV. Stagecoach Route 25 Ilford to City Thameslink. 11377 (SK20 BBF). Ramadan Special Advent Day 10.

Day 10 brings a redone FRV on route 25! The reason I have redone this is because I wanted to do it on Spirit of London 2, the bus was curtailed at Bow Church and I had to get another bus (also 11377 but before it was Spirit of London) and because this is my second fave route and I enjoy doing FRVs on this XD this probs the final anyways. I do recommend doing this route but not during rush hours because of Romford Road traffic. The route is fun tho
The bus I rode was an Enviro400MMC Smart Hybrid, 11377 (SK20 BBF) Spirit of London 2
Route 25 travels through:
Ilford, Romford Road, Stratford, Stratford High Stn, Bow Church, Bow Road, Mile End Stn, Stepney Green Stn, Whitechapel Stn/ Royal London Hospital, Aldgate East Stn, Aldgate Stn, Bank Stn, St Paul’s Stn, City Thameslink Stn
Operated by: Stagecoach
Garage: Bow (BW)
PVR: 31
Allocation: Enviro400MMC
Length: 11 Miles (18km)
Frequency: 6-7 mins
Runs from 4:10am to 1:32am
Night Bus: N25
On 20 June 1912, routes 8 and 25 exchanged their eastern branches at Bank, with route 25 taking over the route from Seven Kings to Victoria. By the end of the First World War the route ran daily with a Sunday service (25A) from Chadwell Heath to Victoria. By 1982 the route was running in two overlapping sections, Ilford to Victoria Becontree Heath to Aldgate, in that year the latter section was renumbered 225, although running to Limehouse instead of Aldgate. Both routes were AEC Routemaster operated, but route 225 was soon converted to using Leyland Titans. Route 225 also went back to serving Aldgate. On 16 January 1988, route 25 (now Ilford to Victoria) was also converted to one-person operation with the AEC Routemasters replaced, and the route 225 was renumbered back to 25 to match. These were operated from Bow (BW). 18 July 1992, the route was curtailed at Oxford Circus with the section to Victoria becoming part of route 8. 20th March 1993 the route was cut back to Ilford and new route 128 covered the section to Becontree Heath. On 26th June 1999 the route passed to First using Plaxton Presidents from Dagenham (DM). 27th April 2000 new ALX400s were introduced. 2nd June 2000 the Plaxton Presidents were introduced. 23rd March 2002 the route transferred to Rainham (R). Feb 2003 the PVR increased to 40 buses. On 26th June 2004 the route passed to East London using Mercedes Bendz O530G Bendy Buses from Waterden Road (WA). In 2004 the route was chosen for a two year trial of Hydrogen fuel cell powered buses in which 3 ran along with the bendy buses. 29th December 2007 Waterden Road (WA) closed due to works on Olympic Stadium and the allocation transferred to Rainham (RM). 31st May 2008 the allocation transferred to West Ham (WH). On 25th June 2011 the route returned to First Capital from Lea Interchange (LI) using newly introduced Wright Gemini 2s. On 22nd June Lea Interchange (LI) was sold to Tower Transit with the route being involved. 1st December 2018 the route was cut to City Thameslink Station with a new night service (N25) running from Ilford to Oxford Circus, MCV Evosetis were also introduced. 25th March 2019 brand new Gemini 3 bodied streetdecks were introduced alongside the Gemini 2s and Evosetis and on 30th March 2019 these became the allocation alongside the Evosetis. 23rd May 2020 the route returned to Stagecoach London from Bow (BW) using brand new Smart Hybrid E400MMCs mirrorless.
11377 (SK20 BBF) was repainted to using Spirit of London livery, to replace the first one which was to replace the bus bombed in the 7/7 attacks, on the 17th September 2021
#fortheloveofbuses #londonbuses #2022#voty2022

[@easygo1477]

You actually used bus stop information whenever it stopped at a bus stop very nice Ray

[@RR_Buses]

Thanks!!

[@TheBigLemon679]

OMG RAY RAY USED THE BUS STOP INFO 🤪 Great visual!!

[@RR_Buses]

😛😛😛 thanks

[@EastLondonTransit]

Nice Visual, It’s great seeing you adding information on the visuals

[@RR_Buses]

Thanks! Yea I’m going to start adding info now :)

[@Robrosisgooood]

Funny video I love your content keep it up

[@RR_Buses]

Lol thanks!

[@superultratransportlondon3688]

Nice one 👍

[@superultratransportlondon3688]

Awesome

[@superultratransportlondon3688]

Nice

[@TFLLondonBuses75]

Great Visual Ray Ray! Nice to see you editing captions now lol How long did this take

[@RR_Buses]

Thanks! It took around 45 mins 😒

[@gavinm.9154]

Out of curiosity, I wonder how you get home! 🤔🤔 - Nice visual too!

[@RR_Buses]

Thanks lol, I just get home by bus lol and train sometime

[@yukimodz9127]

Very nice vidoes

[@RR_Buses]

Ty yuki modz 💀💀💀

[@yukimodz9127]

@@RR_Buses you put so much time in the vid and edit aswell you deserve million subscribers no joke

[@thebengals358yt]

How do you add the bus stop names what app do you use and how did you make the writting red please tell me bye

[@BlueberryTomato]

CAPCUT

[@thebengals358yt]

@DeviousApple14 I do the same

[@BlueberryTomato]

ok

[@Abd67Editz]

+even better was that it was spirit of London

[@RR_Buses]

Yessir

[@Londonandeastbus69Tfl]

Spirit of london

[@Yacuub]

0:01 lol MEMES ARE HERE NOW but I'm in 2024 silly

[@lahelakhatun2246]

425 is the best of all

[@mohammedtanvir7161]

How long was the whole thing?

[@RR_Buses]

1 hour 23 mins

[@thebowevmaniac]

But in editing, it is sped up to like 8x

[@goutamsaha8136]

I saw this on 25

[@Itsmeh939]

Its a shame it follows 425 most of its route

[@Itsmeh939]

And 205

[@auntmissedperiod]

huh? it's more like the other way round

[@B9TL205]

Hows it a shame

[@TochBusesGamesLondon]

Nah, it's the other way round since the 425,488 was made to replace the S2, and this was in 2008, while route 25 has existed for almost a century.

[@empireemporium9988]

no way please

[@Robrosisgooood]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@TheLambSauce659]

I give up...

[@RR_Buses]

😂 I keep forgetting smh

[@TheLambSauce659]

@@RR_Buses I am coming for yo ass on Eid

[@jayson6164]

@@RR_Buses hi