(21 Jun 2026, 7:39 am)ouston man wrote On a different note,it's good to see Lothian ordering E400XLB. I recall when Martjn was at GNE and someone on the forums. said GNE wouldn't order them. One of the points he mentioned was there would be no resale value. They would've been ideal for x10 and later on maybe they would've found a use for them football specials springs to mind
Would they not fit into Eldon Square though?
The ideal option would be 12m Volvo B8L low height MCV EvoSetis. 7-8 years on the X10 then would probably still have the legs to tackle most other work. Could hoy them on something like the X5/X15 (PVR 4) and they'd be fine to also use on the X30s/X70s due to being low height.
Or ideally, Volvo build a standard B8TL (not tri-axile) with the ADL E400MMC bodywork and the Voith NxtGen like the Cummins StreetDecks.