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If you're a public transportation geek, you will love it. It's a modern looking design based on the old classic.

The double-decker uses green technology to be 40% more efficient, it has two staircases and an open platform enabling people to "hop-on hop-off".

London Mayor Boris Johnson said the new bus for the capital would be "iconic" and "beautiful".

A spokesman for Transport for London hoped the bus, which has three doors to speed-up boarding, would be in service in 2012.

A Transport for London spokesman said the bus will be 15% more fuel efficient than existing hybrid buses, and 40% more efficient than conventional diesel double deckers and much quieter on the streets.

It has a "glass swoop" at the back and "an asymmetric design for the front-end completes the futuristic look".


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