(05 Dec 2020, 9:29 pm)Ambassador wrote Is a Versa a downgrade or like for like against a Citaro? 

(05 Dec 2020, 9:42 pm)Storx wrote Is there any evidence for all these rumoured changes such as Versas on the 6 and 12 as the Mercedes are full size buses and the Versas are only midibuses. Unless you move something else onto another route, there's not enough Versas free either.

I'd take CookieMonster's speculation with a pinch of salt. They believe that the short wheelbase Streetlites are going to be going on the 57 and 58, but five are now parked at Deptford and three at Chester-le-Street. I'd suggest this casts doubt on the rest of their post too.

That said, there's not a huge difference between the two in terms of capacity (38 seats on a short wheelbase Streetlite or Versa, against 40 on a Citaro or 41 on an OmniCity). In current times, there's actually probably more seats available on a Versa than a Citaro, due to the rear-facing seats being taped off. We have of course seen services such as the 28 go from being allocated 43-seat Scania L94s to 38-seat Versas in the past, too.