(20 Jul 2025, 7:42 pm)Storx wrote Personally can't see new vehicles for the X12, has it ever had new vehicles?

I'm certainly struggling to think of any as it's always been cast offs from other routes, as far as I can remember; Omnicities, Scania L113's, Pulsars, DB300 etc.

The DB300s were allocated to the route from new, no? There are certainly multiple photographs of the DB300s on the X1/2 within 2012, when they were new. Similar with the Omnicities, there are multiple pictures of them on there in 2005/6.

If you are making the point that it is a route which rarely/if ever has new vehicles bought for it specifically though, you could say the same for many of the recent purchases. The 72-plate E400 MMCs are mainly allocated to the X14/5/8, of which the X18 is the only route of the three to have had vehicles bought specifically for it (7529-33 8 years earlier). Similar with the 57/A and 2701-5.

Ultimately though, if not new vehicles for the X12, then what? The Pulsars are rapidly approaching end of life, and there's a lack of suitable alternative in the NE fleet. Let's not forget that when the L113s operated the route, there was an abundance of pretty much brand new Pulsars available to replace them.