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| Charles and Camilla arrive in County Antrim | Charles and Camilla arrive in County Antrim |
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| The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are in County Antrim as part of a trip to Northern Ireland. | The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are in County Antrim as part of a trip to Northern Ireland. |
| On Tuesday morning the couple visited the Wrightbus factory in Ballymena and boarded a bus as part of their tour. | |
| The company supplies ultra-low carbon double-decker buses to Transport for London (TfL). | |
| The couple were accompanied by the First Minister Peter Robinson and enterprise minister Arlene Foster during the visit. | The couple were accompanied by the First Minister Peter Robinson and enterprise minister Arlene Foster during the visit. |
| Wrightbus secured a £200m contract to supply 600 of the hybrid-engine vehicles. | |
| The new bus has a design similar to the old Routemaster. The buses are now used exclusively on Route 24, which passes Parliament and Trafalgar Square. | |
| TfL have said the new bus is the greenest diesel electric hybrid bus in the world and estimates the 600-strong fleet will reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the city by almost 20,000 tonnes a year. | |
| The bus features three doors and two staircases that are intended to speed up the process of getting on and off the vehicle. | |
| Each bus costs about £354,500 and has an estimated lifespan of 14 years. |