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According to the Greater London Authority, the design is intended to aid speedier and smoother boarding. The rear door would be closed off at quieter times, for example during the night. The use of three doors and two staircases is not new to London: London Transport evaluated a prototype bus in the 1980s as part of the Alternative Vehicle Evaluation programme, a specially modified Volvo Ailsa B55, with fleet number V3, having two staircases. Double-decker buses in Berlin, such as the MAN Lion's City DD model, have dual staircases and three doors in regular service. The cost for the conductors will be about £62,000 per bus. For the total of the buses will be about £37 million by 2016.
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