Tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

s form part of the

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network in

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. Currently, a three-line system is operated by Antalya Ulaşım A.Ş.

AntRay

The modern Antray

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line opened in December 2009 as a double-track 16-stop line connecting the north of the city to the center. It has 16 stops, including two cut-and-cover (underground) stations, and a depot at the northern terminus of Fatih. The tram stations are as follows: ''Fatih - Kepezaltı -Ferrokrom - Vakıf Çiftliği - Otogar - Pil Fabrikası - Dokuma - Çallı - Emniyet - Sigorta - Şarampol - Muratpaşa - İsmetpaşa - Doğu Garajı - Burhanettin Onat - Meydan''. In 2015, a Transport Ministry tender for the extension of the line to

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, Aksu and

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was awarded to Makyol. The project was planned to last 450 days, and to be completed by December 2016, but test runs started on 23 April 2016 with a ceremony, about 300 days before the original deadline. The from extension Meydan to Expo 2016 has a branch to the Airport, and has 15 stops. New tram stations are as follows: ''Kışla - Topçular - Demokrasi - Cırnık - Altınova - Yenigöl - Sinan - Yonca Kavşak - (Havalimanı/Airport) - Pınarlı ANFAŞ - Kurşunlu - Aksu-1 - Aksu-2 - Aksu-3 - EXPO''. The fleet consists of 14 Urbos 2 trams, with five modules each and 100% low-floor, supplied by

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for the opening of the Antray line in 2009. In August 2015, Eurotem, a joint venture of South Korea’s

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and Turkish company Tüvasaş, won an order for 18 new trams, required because of the extension of the tram line. The new line opened in late 2021. It starts in Varsak and passes the Main Bus Station (Otogar),

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Hospital, the Research Hospital and

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. Although the line was planned to be merged with the current nostalgic tram line, which was planned to convert to double track, no progress has been made. The whole line is 15 km long. As of 2024, two lines are in the planning phase, both connecting Konyaaltı in the southwest of the city with Lara in the southeast.

Heritage tram

A single-track long heritage tram line (or nostalgic tram; ) opened in 1999 using ex-

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tramcars. It runs from

along the main boulevard through the city center at Kale Kapısı,

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, Karaalioglu Park, and ends on the road to Lara Plajı (Beach) to the east. There are three passing points, but trams by-pass one other at the central Cumhuriyet Meydanı stop and passing point. The stops are as follows: ''Müze - Barbaros - Meslek Lisesi - Selekler - Cumhuriyet Meydanı - Kale Kapısı - Üç Kapılar - Büyükşehir Belediyesi - Işıklar - Zerdalilik''. There are only two tramcars with trailers (out of three available), MAN and Duewag cars from the 1950-60s. The heritage tramway line and the new light rail line do pass through the same intersection in the city center; however, they do not cross, nor there is a hard rail connection between the two.

References

External links

Official site
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Airport rail links in Turkey