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The Ankara Metro (Template:Langx) is the rapid transit system serving Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At present, Ankara's rapid transit system consists of three metro lines – the Ankaray (A1), the M1 - M2 - M3 and the M4.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> The Ankaray, M1, M2, M3 and M4 lines transported 172.1 million passengers in 2024.<ref name="passengers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That corresponds to a ridership of approximately 470,185 per day. In July 2018, the lines M1 and M3 were merged into a single line. Subsequently, in February 2019, the line M2 was also integrated into that service. This merger provides uninterrupted service between Koru and OSB-Törekent. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

AnkarayEdit

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The Ankaray (from Template:Langx, meaning Ankara rail), a light rail transit system (Template:Langx,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> though the line does operate as more of a "light metro" line) was the first phase of the modern rapid transit network of the city. The Ankaray was constructed by a consortium headed by Siemens over a period of four years (1992–96). It opened on 30 August 1996. The line runs between AŞTİ (Template:Langx – Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal) and Dikimevi, covering a distance of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is through tunnels.<ref name="Ankaray-specs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The line has 11 stations.<ref name="Ankaray-specs" />

Ankara MetroEdit

File:Batıkent M1.jpg
Batıkent subway station with the train (M1 / M3)
File:M4 Treni.jpg
Şehitler subway station with the train (M4)

The Ankara Metro has been operating since 29 December 1997, with the opening of its first full metro line, M1, traveling between Kızılay, the city center, and Batıkent. The M2 line, operating from Kızılay, the city center, to Koru, opened 12 February 2014. The M3 line, which serves almost as an extension of the M1 line, operating from Batıkent to OSB-Törekent, opened a month later on 13 March 2014. For the first few years of operations on lines M2 and M3, both of them ran separately from the M1 line; since early 2019, the three lines are operated as one continuous service between OSB-Törekent and Koru.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The M4 line, operating from Kızılay to Şehitler, opened on 5 January 2017 and expanded to Kızılay on 12 April 2023.

In 2019, the Turkish defense firm ASELSAN began traction and control upgrades on the older Bombardier cars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

OperationsEdit

LinesEdit

This table lists the three metro lines (including the Ankaray line) currently in service on the Ankara Metro:

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Stations<ref name="Ank" />
File:Ankaray logo.svg ANKARAY (A1) AŞTİ ↔ Dikimevi 1996 Template:Convert 11
File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg M1
File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg M2
File:Ankara M3 Line Symbol.svg M3
15 Tem. Kızılay Millî İrade ↔ Batıkent 1997 (as File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg) Template:Convert 12
15 Tem. Kızılay Millî İrade ↔ Koru 2014 (as File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg) Template:Convert 12
Batıkent ↔ OSB-Törekent 2014 (as File:Ankara M3 Line Symbol.svg) Template:Convert 12
15 Tem. Kızılay Milli İrade ↔ OSB-Törekent 2018 (merger of File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg and File:Ankara M3 Line Symbol.svg) Template:Convert 23
Koru ↔ OSB-Törekent 2019 (merger of File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg, File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg and File:Ankara M3 Line Symbol.svg) Template:Convert 34
File:Ankara M4 Line Symbol.svg M4 15 Tem. Kızılay Millî İrade ↔ Şehitler 2017 Template:Convert 12
TOTAL: Template:Convert 57

StationsEdit

Station Line Status Connections Notes
Söğütözü ANKARAY (A1) under construction File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg, Havaş (airport shuttle)
Template:Metro (Ankara Şehirlerarası Terminal İşletmesi) in service intercity buses; AnkaraAir, Havaş (airport shuttles)
Emek in service
Bahçelievler in service
Beşevler in service
Anadolu/Anıtkabir in service formerly known as Anadolu or Tandoğan
Maltepe in service File:Ankara M4 Line Symbol.svg, TCDD Başkentray (suburban rail), mainline, regional and high speed trains, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle)
Demirtepe in service
Template:Metro in service File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg, File:Ankara M4 Line Symbol.svg, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle)
Kolej in service
Kurtuluş in service TCDD Başkentray (suburban rail)
Template:Metro in service
Dikimevi ANKARAY (A2) planned
Abidinpaşa planned
Aşık Veysel planned
Tuzluçayır planned
General Zeki Doğan planned
Fahri Korutürk planned
Cengizhan planned
Akşemsettin planned
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Koru Metro (M1-M2-M3) in service
Çayyolu in service officially known as Çayyolu 1-2
Ümitköy in service
Beytepe in service
Tarım Bakanlığı-Danıştay in service formerly known as Köy Hizmetleri
Bilkent in service
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) in service
Maden Tetkik ve Arama (MTA) in service
Söğütözü in service File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray (future expansion), Havaş (airport shuttle)
Millî Kütüphane in service
Necatibey in service
Template:Metro in service File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray, File:Ankara M4 Line Symbol.svg, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle) formerly known as Kızılay
Template:Metro in service TCDD Başkentray (suburban rail)
Template:Metro in service
Template:Metro (AKM) in service File:Ankara M4 Line Symbol.svg, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle)
Akköprü in service Havaş (airport shuttle)
İvedik in service
Yenimahalle in service T1 cable car
Demetevler in service
Hastane in service
Template:Metro in service
Orta Doğu Sanayi ve Ticaret Merkezi (OSTİM) in service
Template:Metro in service
Template:Metro in service
Template:Metro in service
Template:Metro in service
İstanbul Yolu in service
Eryaman 1-2 in service
Eryaman 5 in service
Devlet Mahallesi/1910 Ankaragücü in service formerly known as Devlet Mahallesi
Harikalar Diyarı in service
Fatih in service
Gaziosmanpaşa (GOP) in service
Template:Metro in service
Template:Metro Metro (M4) in service File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg File:Ankara M2 Line Symbol.svg, File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle) formerly known as Kızılay
Adliye in service
Gar in service File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray, TCDD Başkentray (suburban rail), mainline, regional and high speed trains, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle)
Template:Metro (AKM) in service File:Ankara M1 Line Symbol.svg, AnkaraAir (airport shuttle)
Ankara Su ve Kanalizasyon İdaresi (ASKİ) in service
Dışkapı in service
Meteoroloji in service Keçiören cable car
Belediye in service
Mecidiye in service
Kuyubaşı in service
Dutluk in service
Template:Metro in service formerly known as Gazino

Rolling stockEdit

The track width on both subway lines is 1,435 mm (normal gauge).

Vehicles of the Canadian type Hawker H6 run on the M1. The trains in Ankara are a modification of the almost identical H6 trains that were used on the Toronto subway. The vehicles were manufactured by Bombardier until the early 1990s. The structure is made of riveted aluminum<ref>H series (Toronto subway)</ref>Template:Circular reference and has a gray color. There is an orange stripe around the windows. There are four entrances on each side of each car. In the three-car units, the first and third cars are railcars, the middle car has no separate drive.

The underground trains used on the Ankaray line were built by the Italian wagon manufacturer AnsaldoBreda in Naples, Italy in cooperation with Siemens. Only one of the three-car units has an engine (railcar), the other two cars are not driven (sidecar). The cars are white with orange applications around the windows.

The trains for the current lines and the new ones are built by CSR-MNG (CRRC Zhuzhou) in China. The new cars have many common features with old ones. Both cars have 4 entrances, and only the first and the third cars are railcars and the middle car is a sidecar in the three-car unit. Besides the old stock, the new stock has a separate space for the control panel, located at the front of the first and the third railcar.

Network mapEdit

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Rolling stockEdit

AnkarayEdit

Ankaray vehicles on the Ankaray line are Siemens-Adtranz-Ansaldobreda, S.P.A. (AnsaldoBreda) M1, M2, and M3 trains, which have a top speed of Template:Convert (operational speed: Template:Convert),<ref name="Ankaray-specs" /> and are equipped with regenerative braking.

The system is served by 11 trainsets.<ref name="Ankaray-specs" /> Each trainset comprises 3 sets of 2 cars paired together. Each pair of cars is Template:Convert long, with 60 seats, and can transport a maximum of 308 passengers;<ref name="Ankaray-specs" /> thus each trainset is approximately Template:Convert long and can transport 925 passengers per train. The current passenger volume capacity on the Ankaray line is 27,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD).<ref name="Ankaray-specs" />

Ankara MetroEdit

The original vehicles used on the M1 line are Bombardier Transportation-built modified versions of the sixth-generation H-series trains used on the Toronto subway. The Toronto trains on which they were based on were built in 1986 by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC), a company later purchased by Bombardier. There are a total of 108 of these cars, which are usually configured as 18 six-car trainsets. The car's seats are made of rigid plastic, and are all arranged longitudinally. There are no forward- or rear-facing seats, and no seats at the front or rear of each car.

In 2012, a large order of 324 subway cars from CRRC Zhuzhou was placed to supplement the fleet on line M1 and for use on the newer M2, M3 and M4 lines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Signalling systemEdit

Both Ankara Metro and Ankaray depend on Communications-based Train Control railway signalling system. In Ankaray, signals only show whenever there is a train or if a blockage exists or not. However, in Ankara Metro, signals are only activated by automatic control by specific rules.

Unlike other subways, Ankara Metro does not use green signal on normal operations. Only one fixed chunk in front of the train will become available which results in yellow signals at normal operation even more than one chunk is available. The strict rule of flashing (or blinking) yellow signal depends on these two conditions that must be met at the same time: The Metro arriving at the station or present at the station must be in standard operation mode and at least one chunk towards to forward direction must be free. Also, flashing yellow signals are only emitted on forward signals, preventing reverse direction movement in normal operation mode. If one of these conditions are not met (except Operation Mode), the signal will emit red light. While train will out of standard operation mode, the signals will return normal Communitacions-based Train Control rules or manual signal control. For green and yellow signals, there are 2 different variants; Flashing or static. Flashing signals means either automatic controlled route or manually set route in effect. Static signals are manually controlled or emitted from the control center, however.

Ankaray also uses red, yellow, and green signals. Red and green signals used for indicating is the chunk occupied or not. Unlike the Ankara metro, the yellow signal turns on when a rail change is going to be made.

Future serviceEdit

Construction of the following metro lines are under construction or planned:

Line Route Length<ref name="Ank"/> Stations<ref name="Ank"/> Status
File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray AŞTİ ↔ Söğütözü Template:Convert 1 It is not open due to signaling system incompatibility. It is planned to open after the signaling system is renewed.
File:Ankaray logo.svg Ankaray Dikimevi ↔ Natoyolu Template:Convert 8 Planned
TOTAL: Template:Convert 12

See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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  • Ankara metro construction resumes soon in: [1] February 2012

External linksEdit

Template:Ankara Template:Local transport in Turkey Template:Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey Template:Rapid transit in Europe Template:Rapid transit in Asia