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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Electric buses are 'stolen' from London route for Silvertown tunnel... putting diesel buses back on the road

A £2m “bike bus” that will transport cyclists through the Silvertown tunnel will use electric buses “stolen” from another route in east London.

Ageing diesel buses have been reintroduced on the 323 bus route because its fleet of “zero emission” electric buses has been commandeered in an apparent bid to safeguard the contested eco credentials of London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s controversial £2.2bn road tunnel under the Thames.

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