page_title: Mercedes-Benz Citaro
section_title: Rest of the UK
hierarchical_section_title: Mercedes-Benz Citaro / Operators / Europe / United Kingdom / Rest of the UK
caption_attribution_description: English: Arriva The Shires 3921 (BK58 URO), a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, in Station Way, waiting for the traffic signals to change to let it cross Friarage Road into Great Western Street bus station, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on route 300. Aylesbury depot operate into High Wycombe on route 300 with a batch of these Citaros.
context_page_description: The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is a single-decker, rigid or articulated bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus. Introduced in 1997, the Citaro is available in a range of configurations, and is in widespread use throughout Europe and parts of Asia, with more than 55,000 produced by December 2019.
context_section_description: Solent Blue Line in Southampton received 10 Citaros in 2006. They were branded in the Bluestar livery and were mostly seen on the services 8 and 9 to Hythe and the waterside. Others could be seen in the colours of sister companies in the Go-Ahead group such as Oxford Bus Company, Go North East, Brighton & Hove, Plymouth Citybus, Southern Vectis and Wilts and Dorset including the 'Pulse Line' (Salisbury) and 'More' (Bournemouth and Poole) branded services.
  Between 2006 and 2009 Uno of Hertfordshire took delivery of a total of 22 12m Citaros, as well as running a small fleet of articulated 18m Citaros on their Shuttle service in Hatfield.
  Kinchbus of Derby became the first British bus company to order Euro 6 Citaro C2s. 8 entered service in late 2014 (with a further three in late 2017) on their Skylink route from Leicester to East Midlands Airport. Although they will be replaced by ADL Enviro200 MMCs very soon due to reliability issues.  
  In 2014, Blackpool Transport ordered 10 Citaros for use on Palladium branded routes. They were delivered in 2015.
  In 2015, 7 Citaro C2 Euro 6 entered service with First Kernow on their Truro Park & Ride bus routes. 
  Also in 2015, Ipswich Buses introduced three Euro 6 Citaro C2s. 
  Citaros are also used in many airports across the UK, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Leeds, Luton and Bristol.
  In 2013 Cardiff Bus received 20 Euro 5 citaros. Then again in 2015 they received 10 Euro 6 citaros then a further 10 in 2017, bringing the total in the fleet to 40.
caption: Arriva Shires & Essex Citaro O530 1st generation facelift in Aylesbury in July 2009
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