(04 Jun 2020, 2:18 am)mb134 wrote The use of Citaros around Europe suggests that they are indeed quite reliable. There's a place for heavyweight single deckers and operators on the continent understand this - many if not all are still ordering Citaros or Volvos. If you take an interurban route, for sake of argument let's say the X84/85, a Volvo product or a Citaro would run rings around something like a Streetlite. 

On the second point - not sure how anyone can find the Gemini 2 interior more cramped than a Gemini 3. The depth of the upstairs windows alone makes the saloon less spacious.

I'm not denying that, but GNE don't really have any single decker routes that would benefit from heavyweight vehicles, with the exception of X84/X85, the routes the Citaros are allocated to now could easily be run with E200s or Streetlites. And from what I've heard, the E200s did pretty well when they were running on the X9/X10, whether or not they'd last is another question though.

I much prefer the height of the windows, it's the perfect height to rest your arm. I don't know whether it's the interior design of them, but the Streetdecks definitely feel more 'airy' upstairs