London’s new ‘tram-bus’ & Yayoi Kusama’s public art pumpkin

Hybrid vehicles of a different kind will soon be seen on London’s roads - behold the era of the ‘tram-bus’.

Officially called ieTrams, they will ply one of the capital’s longest routes, the 15-mile 358 line from Crystal Palace to Orpington.

The striking new vehicles might look like a rounded single-decker with covered wheels, but the hardware includes a pantograph overhead fast-charging system used in electric trams

Mark Blunden speaks to Evening Standard transport editor Ross Lydall about this new age for the capital’s public transport.

In part two, a look at what public art’s in store for London this year - as a giant polka-dotted pumpkin by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is installed in Kensington Palace - and we’re joined the Royal College of Art’s head of programme for MA sculpture, Sarah Staton.

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