page_title: Utrecht sneltram
section_title: Low-floor trams
hierarchical_section_title: Utrecht sneltram / Vehicles / Low-floor trams
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Tramstel 6002 van de Uithoflijn op de halte Utrecht CS Centrumzijde, op de openingsdag; 14 december 2019. Foto: Erik Swierstra.
context_page_description: The Utrecht sneltram is a light rail system in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The system consists of 3 lines. Lines 60 and 61 connect Utrecht Centraal railway station with the residential areas of Lombok and Kanaleneiland and the suburbs Nieuwegein and IJsselstein. Line 22 connects Utrecht Centraal to the Uithof district.
  On 3 July 2020, the high-floor SIG trams had their last runs after 37 years of service. As of 4 July 2020, the sneltram line from Utrecht Centraal to Nieuwegein and IJsselstein was fully closed in order to lower and lengthen tram platforms to accommodate the new low-floor CAF trams. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles is expected to deliver 10 new trams by the end of August 2020; a minimum of 14 new trams is required for the planned service. Some testing of the renovated IJsselstein branch with CAF trams is scheduled to start on 22 August, with system testing beginning 7 September. Passenger service between Utrecht and Nieuwegein is expected to begin on 21 September, and to IJsselstein on 26 October.
context_section_description: The new generation of trams are articulated, low-floor Urbos 100 trams built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). Two versions were ordered: a shorter version with 5 articulated sections and a longer version with 7:
   
  On the SUNIJ-lijn, one tram of each length will be coupled together which will yield a train length of 75 metres and a capacity of about 490 passengers.
caption: CAF trams at Utrecht CS Centrumzijde, terminal of the Uithoflijn
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