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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Batteries are included! New era for electric buses in London as 'tram bus' is finally unveiled

On the buses: the 358 electric bus is the first in London to be charged at either end of the route - (TfL)

They are the strangest-looking buses in London, and the most long-awaited.

But on Wednesday the so-called “tram bus” began running between Crystal Palace and Orpington on the 358 route.

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