ICONIC DOUBLE-DECKER WITH NEW ALLISON TRANSMISSION
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A red 1962 Routemaster double-decker bus retrofitted with an Allison transmission has been awarded Low Emission Bus (LEB) certification.
Routemaster bus, vehicle number RM1005, has a new Allison T2100 fully automatic transmission, making it the oldest bus to meet Euro 6 emissions standards. @Allison Transmission
Before undergoing LEB tests in February, its previous Allison transmission was replaced with an Allison T2100 fully automatic transmission featuring FuelSense® 2.0 Max. Allison’s recently-launched FuelSense 2.0 software, featuring DynActive™ Shifting, delivers up to 6 percent additional fuel savings beyond the company’s original FuelSense software.
Iconic Routemaster
The last Routemaster was withdrawn from general service in 2005 and the following year, the distinctive double-decker was voted one of Britain’s top 10 design icons, placing it in the same company as Concorde, the Supermarine Spitfire, the Mini, the London tube map, and the K2 telephone box. Ten Routemasters currently run as a tourist attraction on London Buses’ ‘heritage route’ between Tower Hill and Trafalgar Square. Of the 2,876 AEC Routemasters built between 1954 and 1968, approximately 1,200 still exist.
