Jacqueline Verbeek-Nijhof, the Provincial Excecutive of Utrecht (Netherlands) and CAF sales director, Josu Esnaola, signed a supplementary agreement for the delivery of 22 Urbos trams, in addition to the ongoing order for 27 trams. Therefore the new trams are an extended version of the Urbos 100 tram ordered in January 2015 by the Province of Utrecht for the Uithofline.
The new trams consist of 7 modules instead of 5, thus reaching a length of over 41 metres. Apart from the difference in length both versions of the Urbos 100 trams are identical. Is it also possible to couple the two tram versions leading to a total length of 75 metres and a total capacity of almost 500 passengers. This will make it the longest city tram expected to operate in Europe.
This new series of trams will boost light rail ridership on the Uithofline by 35,000 passengers per day in 2018, rising to 45,000 passengers per day in 2020. Ridership is also forecast to increase along the route to and from Nieuwegein and IJsselstein.
The new trams will replace the more than 30 year old vehicles currently operating on the line between the cities of Utrecht, Nieuwegein and IJsselstein.
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