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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Utrecht in 1929 - Length: 4:40 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Utrechtse tram - Length: 21:25 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Gemeentelijk Trambedrijf Utrecht (GTU)
| 1 | Centraal Station - Catharijnesingel - Tolsteegsingel - Maliesingel - Adelaarstraat - Amsterdamsche straatweg - Centraal Station [Circular route, both directions: 1A - anticlockwise, 1B - clockwise] |
| 2 | Centraal Station - Mariaplaats - Janskerkhof - Wilhelminapark - Rosarium - Biltstraat - Voorstraat - Vredenburg - Centraal Station [Circular route, both directions: 2A - anticlockwise, 2B - clockwise] |
| 3 | Zuilen - Amsterdamsche straatweg - Vredenburg - Janskerkhof - Wilhelminapark - Stadion |
| 4 | Ledig Erf - Lange Nieuwstraat - Vredenburg - Leidscheweg - Kanaalstraat - Billitonkade |
| 5 | Bleijenburgstraat - Poortstraat - Biltstraat - Janskerkhof - Vredenburg - Leidscheweg - Croeselaan - Rijnlaan - Maasplein |
INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTE
Operator: Nederlandsche Buurtspoorweg-Maatschappij (NBM)
| UZ | Centraal Station - Vredenburg - Voorstraat - Biltstraat - Zeist |
Note: The route designation UZ is for convenience only, and was not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: ? km.
- Interurban trams: ? km.
HISTORY
- Urban trams (first system) : (horse-drawn) 3 July 1889 - ?; (electric) 20 June 1906 - 15 Jan. 1939.
- Urban trams (second system): (electric) 17 Dec. 1983 - today.
- Interurban trams (Utrecht - Zeist): (horse-drawn) 29 Apr. 1879 - 20 Aug. 1909; (electric) 20 Aug. 1909 - 3 May 1949.
- Interurban trams (Utrecht - Vreeswijk): (steam, then horse-drawn) 12 Dec. 1883 - 2 Jan. 1929.
GAUGE
- All trams: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Donders, M. "Utrecht Uithoflijn: Development and challenges", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2015 (78: 932), p.319-321.
- Koenot, L. Tram 2000 - Flash 1998. Bruxelles: Tram 2000, 1998.
- Donders, M. "Utrecht Uithoflijn: Development and challenges", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2015 (78: 932), p.319-321.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.106: Utrecht, Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2016 (79: 944), p.304-308.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.175: Utrecht, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2022 (85: 1013), p.180-185.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "New lease of life for Utrecht Sneltram", Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2000 (63: 750), p.212-214.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Utrecht improving its competitive edge", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 1999 (61: 734), p.52-54.
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