The TCDD E23000 series are Electric Multiple Units that were built by

Hyundai Rotem Hyundai Rotem (founded in 1977) is a South Korean company that manufactures rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. It is a part of the Hyundai Motor Group. Its name was changed from Rotem to Hyundai Rotem in December 2007 to refl ...

, with delivery beginning in 2009. The E23000s were built to replace the E8000 and E14000 EMUs. Each set has 3 permanently coupled cars. They are operated by the Turkish State Railways for commuter service in Ankara and leased by

İZBAN A.Ş. İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area, mainly on a north–south axis, via two lines: The Northern Line and the Southern Line. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, i ...

(10 EMUs) for commuter service in Izmir. After that all E22100 EMUs ordered by

will enter in service, these 10 sets will go back to Ankara. These EMUs also operated in İstanbul ( İstanbul-Halkalı Line and Haydarpaşa-Gebze Line) before the closing of these lines for the construction of Marmaray. As E32000 plans are in place to use EMUs, on Marmaray, these sets won't be used in İstanbul any more.

Gallery

E23020, Sirkeci Terminal, 2011.jpg, E23020 at Sirkeci station in 2011. Adaray at Mithatpasa.jpg, E23030 at Mithatpaşa station in Adapazarı E23000 in Ankara.jpg, E23004 in Ankara.

References

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