Line 60 between Utrecht and Nieuwegein-Zuid started passenger service again on 3 January 2021. Seven-module low-floor tramcars supplied by the Spanish manufacturer CAF are now in use here. Before these vehicles saw only occasional service on the Uithoflinie.
On the branch line to IJsselstein (line 61), test runs are currently being carried out during the night, with commissioning expected sometime in February. A through connection with line 22 to de Uithof will follow later, apparently not all new tramcars have been delivered yet. On line 22, CAF’s five-module trams usually run in coupled pairs during the day.
High-floor light rail vehicles built in the 1980s were previously in use on the routes to Nieuwegein and IJsselstein until 3 July 2020, when both were temporarily out of service for conversion and adaptation work. See our report on the subject here: https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/end-of-high-platform-light-rail-operation-in-utrecht/
A network scheme can be found here: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/nl/utr/utrecht.htm
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5027+5001, 24 April 1999, Moreelsepark – old terminus until 2009 | © Ralf Wittenberg 
5026+5021, 24 April 1999, Centraal Station terminus | © Ralf Wittenberg 
5015+5025, 14 April 2007 after the first refurbishment at Transferium Westraven | © Ralf Wittenberg
