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True cost of London's new bus. MP excited by London bus pledge. London mayor drives Ballymena bus. Boris boards the Ballymena bus. Transport for London. Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, pictured on a life-size model of the new London bus in Boris Johnson got behind the wheel of one of the new buses in Ballymena last November.

Published 14 September Published 24 July The original contract was to supply up to 1, buses. The new fleet was attacked at the time as an expensive vanity project and soon became the subject of a series of unfortunate stories, including the revelation that the batteries on a large number of them had failed.

The hybrid diesel-electric technology is also now widely seen as having been superseded by electric battery technology. The staff cuts mean that hopping on and off the buses is no longer an option.

Asked to comment on the move, a spokesman for Khan said TfL would instead be investing in a new generation of buses that would help to improve air quality.