İzmit tramway
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Akçaray is a tramway network serving İzmit, the capital of Kocaeli Province in Turkey with a population of 367,990. İzmit and Kocaeli are part of Turkey's industrial heartland, situated to the east of Istanbul and on the north coast of the Marmara Sea. It has the distinction of being the first and currently the only tramway line in the province of Kocaeli and one of two mass transit lines with the construction of the Gebze Metro.thumbnail|Akçaray while moving
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- Official website
- www.ulasimpark.com.tr/Tramvay/AkcaraySaatleri.aspx
- Image
- Akçaray, Izmit 20181229 (4).jpg
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- sRGB color hex triplet
- 0F4F9A
- date of official opening
- 2017-06-17
- Commons category
- Akçaray
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Akçaray is a tramway network serving İzmit, the capital of Kocaeli Province in Turkey with a population of 367,990. İzmit and Kocaeli are part of Turkey's industrial heartland, situated to the east of Istanbul and on the north coast of the Marmara Sea. It has the distinction of being the first and currently the only tramway line in the province of Kocaeli and one of two mass transit lines with the construction of the Gebze Metro.thumbnail|Akçaray while moving
==History== The first tender for the preparation of Akçaray implementation projects was held in January 2014. In the following days, a public vote on the name and color of the tramway line was announced by the Kocaeli Metropolitan and Izmit Municipalities. A tramway wagon was brought to the Anıtpark Square in İzmit and showcased by drawing electricity with a cable.