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On Sunday 26th August at 2pm, London 1348 was re-commissioned back into service alongside London trolleybuses 260 and 1812.
London Transport ceased trolleybus operation in May 1962, which means that 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of this closure.

London no. 1348 is a Leyland built trolleybus new in 1939 to London Transport, the largest British trolleybus operator. Number 1348 is off an all metal construction with standard Metro-Vic electronics and was one of a batch of 100 similar vehicles better known as the K2 class.

No. 1348 survived in service until 1961 and was saved for preservation by the Transport Museum Society of Ireland (TMSI). It was transferred to Dublin where it had been stored until June 2010. An agreement was reached between TMSI and TM@S in early June 2010 for no. 1348 to go to moved to The Trolleybus Museum for restoration. No. 1348 traveled by ferry from Dublin to Liverpool on 1st July 2010, arriving at the Museum on suspended tow the next day. Since then no. 1348 has been undergoing extensive restoration, the completion of which was marked when no. 1348 re-entered passenger carrying service at The Museum on Sunday 26th August 2012.