NLD-Qbuzz Utrecht

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The Utrecht region encompasses the city of Utrecht and adjacent municipalities. Public transport consists of bus and light rail services. Operator Qbuzz took over from Connexxion on December 13, 2013. The concession was for 10 years but was extended for two years until December 2025. Qbuzz lost the tender and Transdev will be the new operator.

The livery of buses and light rail vehicles is yellow with some orange and greyish-brown, with U-OV (Utrecht Public Transport) as the marketing name. This concept was already introduced with the previous concession. Express services (U-link) carry a grey livery.

Initially, part of the fleet was taken over from Connexxion, including VDL Ambassador, Mercedes-Benz Citaro and Citaro G, and Van Hool AGG300 double-articulated buses. The latter were used on the very busy route 12, from the central railway station to the university at the Uithof. This was replaced by a light rail line.

The fleet was extended with new buses. Also, buses from the Groningen-Drenthe concession were re-assigned to Utrecht on a temporary or permanent basis. Some services are operated by contractor Pouw Vervoer.

Current fleet 2025-09:
3327-3334, 3337-3345, 3351, 3353, Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE, 2016
3336, 3352, Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE, 2016, U-link
3424-3447, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2013/14, U-link
4017-4065, Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2, 2013
4066, Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2, 2013, U-link
4101-4156, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2013
4157-4166, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2013, U-link
4167-4172, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2014, U-link
4173-4176, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2015, U-link
4203/5/7/12/15/16, Van Hool AGG300, 2014, U-link
4221-4230, Mercedes-Benz Capacity, 2017, U-link
4307-4309, Heuliez GX137E (will transfer to Tansdev)
4601-4610, Ebusco 2.1, 2017
4611, Ebusco 2.0, 2014
4650-4669, Ebusco 2.2, 2020, U-link (will transfer to Transdev)
4701-4715, Setra S418LE Business, 2019, U-link (will transfer to Keolis)
4801-4835, Heuliez GX437 Elec, 2020 (will transfer to Transdev)

Buurt-/minibus:
6664, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-Tribus Civita, 2018 (565 in Vreeswijk)
6684, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-Tribus Civita, 2018 (565 in Vreeswijk)

Pouw Vervoer subcontractor:
2201, 2204 (1201,1204), Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2017
2504-2508, 2513-2514, VDL Citea LLE120, 2015
2650, 2652-2654 (1650, 1652-1654), Setra S415LE Business, 2017
2724 (1724), Setra S418LE Business, 2017
4001-4016, Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2, 2013
4150-4155, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2, 2013
4320-4323, 4325-4332, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-Altas Cityline, 2018
4333, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-Tribus New Civitas, 2016 (white, 128 Maarssen)
4387, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-Tribus, 2019 (258, Bilthoven)