IVU.suite for the Province of Utrecht

With its 54 bi-directional trams, the Utrechtse sneltram carries around 40,000 passengers a day in Utrecht, the most important public transport hub in the Netherlands. In order to automate fleet management and to keep passengers up to date with the latest information, the Province of Utrecht, as the owner of its trams is relying on the IVU.suite. In addition, IVU takes over the hosting and maintenance of the software in the IVU.cloud – with a contract term of up to 30 years.

Now, the Province of Utrecht has an integrated standard system at its disposal that enables seamless communication between the control centre, drivers and passengers. For example, the background system IVU.fleet communicates continuously between the control centre and the on-board computer software IVU.cockpit in the trams. Through this, the drivers are kept informed at all times and can react to disruptions within seconds. Meanwhile, the corresponding passenger information keeps the customers in the trams up to date.

"Thanks to the integrated approach of the IVU.suite, we will remain at the forefront of modern technology and simplify numerous work steps for our employees both in the control centre and in the vehicle”, says Cees Tommel, Managing Director at the Province of Utrecht. "The migration integration of the IVU.suite, which allows us a smooth transition from the legacy system to the IVU.suite during the rollout phase, also makes conversion during day-to-day operation much easier for us."

"We are proud to have won over another Dutch customer with our system", says Leon Struijk, CCO at IVU Traffic Technologies. "The fact that we were able to succeed in this Europe-wide tender is clear evidence of the competitiveness of our Software."