İzmir Metro

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Locale	İzmir, Turkey
Transit type	Light metro
Number of lines	1 (1 under construction)
Number of stations	24
Daily ridership	173,000[1]
Chief executive	Ahmet Sinan Karakuzu
Headquarters	Halkapınar
Website	İzmir Metro
Operation
Began operation	22 April 2000
Operator(s)	İzmir Metro A.Ş.
Number of vehicles	182[2]
Train length	120 metres (393 ft 8 in)
Headway	4 min - Peak Hours 10 min - Max. Wait Time
Technical
System length	27 km (17 mi) standard gauge
Minimum radius of curvature	75 metres (246 ft 1 in)
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail, bottom contact
Average speed	42 km/h (26 mph)
Top speed	90 km/h (56 mph) (designed) 80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum permitted)
System map

The İzmir Metro (Turkish: İzmir Metrosu) is a light metro system serving the city of İzmir, Turkey. The current system, consisting of one line, starts from Narlıdere Kaymakamlık station in the southwestern portion of the metropolitan area and runs towards northeast to end at Evka-3 in Bornova. İzmir's metro line is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long, and serves 24 stations as of 4 March 2024.^[4]

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By 1990, it was thought that the existing public transport system in Izmir could no longer support the growing population. A plan was thought of to build a rapid transit network by rail to cope with this. A contract was signed in 1993, and the handover was in 1994. Construction had begun in 1995 and it was completed successfully in around 4 years. In May 2000, the system came into public service. Up to that moment, the total cost of the system had been $US 600 million. Yapı Merkezi was the main contractor for all design and civil works (tunnels, bridges, viaducts, stations, tracks, infrastructure, depots and workshops) as well as the third-rail power system.

AdTranz was responsible for the rolling stock and the signalling, power-supply and communication systems. (ABB Traction was subsequently purchased by Daimler and became AdTranz only to be purchased later by Bombardier.) The Izmir Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) is tailor-made for the LRTS. It is 3.67 m (12 ft 0 in) high (from head of rail), 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) wide, and 23.5 m (77 ft 1 in) long (over couplers) with a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). The maximum acceleration is 1 m/s/s (2.2 mph/s) with a seating capacity of 44 and a standing capacity of 140.

All LRVs are self-powered and the drive and braking systems (with wheel-slip protection) are controlled by on-board computer. A train consists of two to five vehicles with driver's cabin at each end. The LRV is a six-axle articulated unit with three bogies. The first and last bogies are powered while the articulated bogie is trailing. The auxiliary power system is based on a static converter-inverter, supplied from a 750 VDC third rail and supplying 3-phase x 400 VAC at 50 Hz for compressor, fans, lights, battery charging, etc. The 24 VDC battery system supplies the on-board computer as well as other safety systems such as automatic train control (ATC), train radio, passenger displays, emergency lights, etc. The tunnel safety aspects have top priority.

A more ambitious rapid transit system, named

station.

By the end of 2011, the Metro, or any other transport system in the city will no longer accept cash, or the jeton, (token) which is brought by cash and used to pass the ticket barriers at the stations. The Metro carries about 30 million passengers/year and to the end of September 2005 160 million passengers had travelled since the opening in May 2000.

Station	Opening	Structure Construction	Structure Platform	Tracks	Transfer
Evka 3	30 March 2012	Cut-and-Cover Tunnel	2 Side Platforms	2	Bus
Ege Üniversitesi
Bornova	22 May 2000	Splitting Tunnel	1 Island Platform
Bölge		Grade
Sanayi
Stadyum		Viaduct	2 Side Platforms
Halkapınar		Grade	2 Island Platforms	3	Bus, Tram, and Izban
Hilal		Viaduct	2 Side Platforms	2	Izban
Basmane		Cut-and-Cover Tunnel	1 Island Platform		National rail
Çankaya					Bus, Tram
Konak					Ferry (nonstandard walking distance)
Üçyol		Deep Tunnel	2 Side Platforms		Bus
İzmirspor	29 December 2012	Cut-and-Cover Tunnel
Hatay
Göztepe	25 March 2014	Deep Tunnel
Poligon	26 July 2014	Cut-and-Cover Tunnel
Güzelyalı	Cancelled but station shaft prepared for future use				Bus, Tram
Fahrettin Altay	26 July 2014
Balçova	24 February 2024	Deep Tunnel	1 Island Platform		Bus
Çağdaş
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastanesi
Güzel Sanatlar
Narlıdere İtfaiye
100. Yıl Cumhuriyet Şehitlik
Kaymakamlık	4 March 2024

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Line	Stations	Status
Evka 3 - Bornova Merkez	1	Project tenders complete. Construction tenders took place in 2016. Halted by court order.
Üçyol - Çamlıkule	11	Construction started in 2022.
Narlıdere Kaymakamlık - Zeytinalanı	11	No progress.
Konak - Menderes	18	The project is approved by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
Halkapınar - Otogar (Intercity Bus Terminal)	5	The project is planned to be built as an İZBAN line instead of a metro. (This project is being evaluated together with the planned Ankara-İzmir High Speed Rail Line, of which the first part of construction has begun.)

• İZBAN
• Rail transport in İzmir
• Tram İzmir

• İzmir Metro – official website (in Turkish)
• İzmir at UrbanRail.net