Website Burulaş - Bursaray Began operation April 24, 2002 Number of stations 38 | Annual ridership 91.25 million (2012) System length 38.9 km (24.2 mi) Operator BURULAŞ Number of lines 2 | |
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Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
Bursaray
Bursaray (sometimes stylized as BursaRay) is a rapid transit system in the city of Bursa, Marmara Region, Turkey, built in 2000 by TÜVASAŞ, and operated by Burulaş. The name Bursaray is a portmanteau of Bursa, and Ray, the Turkish word for "rail". The Bursaray metro opened for passenger service on 24 April 2002. The metro system presently consists of two lines, which share a main line in the east, and branch into two lines at the western end of the system.
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It is planned to expand the Bursaray system to a 50-kilometer (31 mi) network in the future.
History
Operations
The Bursaray system is made up of two lines that operate on 38.9 kilometers (24.2 mi) of route, serving 38 stations (7 of which are underground stations).
The track gauge is similar to all Turkish metro systems (such as in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana); the entire network consists of standard gauge rail of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in).
Station platforms are 120 meters (390 ft) long, and 92 centimeters (3.02 ft) high; most stations use island platforms.
Rolling stock
A total of 48 cars of the B80 type (27.7-meter (91 ft) long) were delivered by Siemens (in collaboration with the local company TÜVASAŞ). Siemens TS supplied the signalling automation systems and the power supply system.
Later the fleet was enlarged with 30 Bombardier Flexity Swift light rail cars (similar to those on the U5 line on the Frankfurt U-Bahn) from Bombardier. After that, Burulas purchased 44 used 'Sneltram' DÜWAG SG2 (Duewag T-cars) from Rotterdam; 25 of which were placed in service while the other 19 were used to provide spare parts as needed.
All the system's cars are air-conditioned. On Line 1 only units of three-car trains are used; four-car trains are used on Line 2.