On Monday, 11 July 2016 16:37:53 UTC+1, Someone Somewhere wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36764417

I assume this means the rear platform doors will now always be closed
between stops, obviating one of the (small) benefits of this vehicle?

This bus will now be free to most members of the public. Quite handy in cold weather if you have no money and no ticket. You can travel Pimlico to Hampstead and back again all day long for nothing.