Bursaray
Sign in to saveBursaray (sometimes stylized as BursaRay) is a light metro 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.
Key facts
- Public transit.name
- BursaRay
- Public transit.image
- BursaRay logo.svg
- Public transit.imagesize
- 120px
- Public transit.image2
- Bursaray 1 Line Symbol.svg
- Public transit.imagesize2
- 40px
- Public transit.locale
- Bursa, Marmara, Turkey
- Public transit.transit_type
- Light metro
- Public transit.lines
- 2
- Public transit.stations
- 40 (3 under construction)
- Public transit.annual_ridership
- 91.25 million (2010)
- Public transit.operator
- Burulaş
- Public transit.vehicles
- 122 cars (total)(48 Siemens Type B80,30 Bombardier Flexity Swift, 60 Durmazlar GreenCity
- Public transit.el
- 1,500 V DC
- Public transit.average_speed
- (Line 1 branch)
- Public transit.top_speed
- (Line 1 branch)
- Public transit.map
- 300px|System map of Bursaray.
- Public transit.map_state
- show
- Public transit.image3
- Bursaray 2 Line Symbol.svg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Operations
- Rolling stock
- Stations
- Future expansions
- Gallery
- Network map
- See also
- References
- External links
Bursaray (sometimes stylized as BursaRay) is a light metro 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.
It is planned to expand the Bursaray system to a network in the future.