(30 Jun 2025, 8:54 pm)L469 YVK wrote Just a thought here....would a 12m Volvo B8L with the low height EvoSeti or E400MMC bodywork not be a solution for the X10 with the 1600nm torque ZF option?
I'm sure with only x4 purchased, GNE could keep them on the X10 for 7-8 years and then as there'd only be x4 as opposed to x7 when Martijn ruled out the idea back in 2019/20, they could be utilised as good spares......even on something like the 327.
At 12m, they'd have no issues in Eldon Square considering 12m OmniDekkas have been used in Eldon Square before.
Just worth noting, Go-Ahead Group company Thames Travel is currently in the process of receiving 10 Volvo B8L Tri-Axle double deckers with MCV EvoSeti bodies for the River Rapids X40 service between Oxford and Reading. Perhaps something that GNE should look at unless the pursestrings have snapped when they were tighting them.