A rare opportunity to ride one of the only two RML Routemasters that were not refurbished in the major programme in the 1990s - and thereby it retains its original AEC AV590 engine and associated pleasantly musical gearbox.
The video starts right by the Tower of London (far left) with London's newest landmark, The Shard, in view ahead. We make our way west toward Trafalgar Square, passing St Paul's Cathedral (8mins in), heading along the famous Fleet Street (11mins), then passing the Royal Courts of Justice.
Metroline's RML903 (WLT 903) on route 15 from the Tower of London to Aldwych, conducted by the ever-helpful and ebulliant Brian Bell in good traditional 'London' form, calling out bus stops and helping passengers whilst also dishing out tickets from the traditional Gibson ticket machine (the 'scraping' sound inside the bus).
Unlike the 'heritage Routemaster' RMs still working on route 15 (which have new Cummins engines and Allison transmissions), the sounds you hear on this bus are exactly the traditional ones that Londoners heard for 40 years from their beloved (and much-missed) Routemaster bus.
Come with me and enjoy the ride and the pleasing gearbox notes this bus affords us.

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