International Railway Journal - October 2008 - (Page 28) Middle East Ankara Dutluk Gazino Istanbul Yolu Line M3 Botanik Macunköy Batikent Line Belediye to OSB Lin e M1 Ivedik Metro Line open Under construction Light metro (Ankarsay) Line open Under construction N Atatürk Kültür Merkezi EGO Tandogan L 1 ine A M4 Dikimevi TCDD Kurtulus Kizilay Asti Umitkoy Line M2 Sögütözü Bilkent Çayyolu 1 Çayyolu 2 IRJ from the University to KOS will be completed by 2010 at a cost of New Lira 40 million ($US 33.9 million). Construction began on the first light rail line in Kayseri in 2006 and the 17.8km line will open next year. It will run from Mimar Sinanin in the east to the industrial area west of the city, serving 31 stations. The journey time will be 42 minutes and a 10-minute interval service will operate, with minimum headways of four minutes. The line is being built by a consortium of Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi and AnsaldoBreda, Italy, and the turnkey contract includes maintenance of the line during the first year of operation. AnsaldoBreda is supplying a fleet of 22 32m-long Sirio LRVs with options for up to 20 more. The industrial city of Gaziantep in southeast Turkey will also open its first light rail line in 2009. The line will be 9km long with 13 stations. Travel time between the terminal stations will be 22 minutes, and services will operate at 4-6 minute intervals throughout the day. Antalya is a popular summer vacation destination on the Mediterranean coast in the southeast of the country. The city opened a 5km starter light rail line in 1999 using second-hand trams from Nuremburg in Germany. Passenger numbers on the line increased 29.5% last year to 1.08 million. A 6.5km extension is currently under construction and will open next year. East of Antalya along the Mediterranean coast, Adana is another large city building an urban rail network. Adana’s first light metro line is due to open next year, and will run for 13.9km from the hospital to Akincilar with a journey time of 21 minutes. A 6km extension north from Akincilar to Çukurova University Campus will open in 2010, providing Izmir’s successful light metro network is being extended. capacity for 660,000 passengers per day. The line will be partly elevated and partly underground, and will run on a segregated alignment for its entire length. A fleet of trains has been supplied by Hyundai Rotem, Korea. Finally, Samsun on the Black Sea coast is planning to open a 17.2km light rail line in 2011. With so many projects planned or already under construction, metro and light rail is blooming in every corner of Anatolia. The optimism in urban rail is reflected in the fact that the total route length for metro and light rail is set to grow from 237km today to 870km over the next 10-15 years, an increase of 267%. Table 3 shows the existing and future rail network data for the 11 cities examined in this study. IRJ Table 3: Summary of existing rail network and future developments in 11 cities City A Istanbul 12.6 Ankara 4.5 Izmir 3.7 Bursa 2.4 Eskisehir 0.7 Konya 1.96 Kayseri 1.17 Gaziantep 1.56 Samsun 1.23 Antalya 1.79 Adana 2.01 Total 33.62 B 48 5 4 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 71 C 559 57.6 101 35.3 16 21 17.8 9 17.2 16.5 20 870.4 D 12 2 1 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a 1 n/a 21 E 137.3 23.2 11.6 22.5 16 21 n/a n/a n/a 5 n/a 236.6 F 7 3 2 1 n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a 1 1 16 G 60 34.4 84.8 4.8 n/a n/a 17.8 n/a n/a 11.5 20 232.8 H 4 n/a 1 1 n/a n/a n/a 1 1 n/a n/a 8 I 109 n/a 4.4 8 n/a n/a n/a 9 17.2 n/a n/a 147.6 J 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 K 64.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 64.4 L 19 n/a n/a 1 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 23 M 187.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 187.8 Total km 559 57.6 100.8 35.3 16 21 17.8 9 17.2 16.5 20 870.2 A: Population (million) B: Number of lines C: Total km D: Number of existing lines E: Length of existing lines (km) F: Number of lines under construction G: Length of lines under construction (km) H: Number of lines under bidding stage I: Length of lines under bidding stage (km) J: Number of lines under project stage K: Length of lines under project stage (km) L: Number of lines under planning stage M: Length of lines under planning stage. n/a: not applicable 28 IRJ October 2008
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