Kayseray

Kayseray (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkajseɾaj]) is a light rail street-tram system operating in the city of Kayseri in Turkey. The tracks and station structures were completed and the line opened in 2009.

Kayseray
Overview
Owner	Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality
Locale	Kayseri
Transit type	Light Rail
Number of lines	4
Line number	T1,T2,T3,T4
Number of stations	62
Daily ridership	90,000
Website	http://www.kayseriulasim.com/
Operation
Operation will start	2009
Operator(s)	Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality
Number of vehicles	29
Train length	32/40 m
Technical
System length	34.5
Track gauge	1435 mm
Electrification	Overhead lines
Average speed	62
Top speed	70
System map Kayseray Kumsmall AVM Mobilyakent 2 Mobilyakent 1 Nuh Naci Yazgan Hastane Konutları Depot Şehir Hastanesi Organize Sanayi Psikiyatri Hastanesi Tınaz Tepe Hurdacılar Ondokuz Mayıs Fen Lisesi Belsin Kürsü Otogar Selimiye Anafartalar 2 Anafartalar Keykubat Sakarya Stadyum Köprülü Kavşak Yazı Bağları Esentepe DSİ-Yeni Sanayi Osman Kavuncu Karayolları Aydınlıkevler Eski Sanayi Düvenönü Cumhuriyet Meydanı Hunat Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fuzuli Alpaslan Tuna Sema Yazar Parkı Erciyes Evler Şehit Mustafa Şimşek Çifte Kümbet Şehit Furkan Doğan Yıldız Evler Teknopark Doğu Terminali Erciyes Üniversitesi Mimarsinan Kavşağı Hastaneler Gökkent Lojmanlar Kumarlı Kızılay Kan Merkezi Harikalar Diyarı Yurtlar Bölgesi Cırgalan Bahçelievler Ahi Evran Talas Belediyesi Gesi Kavşağı Talas Cemil Baba Beyazşehir Toki Kavşağı Millet İldem1 İldem2 İldem3 İldem4 İldem5 Depot

History

The project began in January 2006, with a completion target of 1,065 days set. The initial proposal was a reaction to the growing traffic congestion in the central parts of the city, and to reduce this, a mass-transit tram link was planned to cut right across the area, allowing transportation of locals from one part of the region to the other.

When opened the initial length of the track was some 17 km, with a total of 28 stations (averaging a distance of 65m/each). Total journey time between each end of the line was expected to be in the region of 45 minutes. 22 trams were planned to be ordered initially.

The line was later extended eastward to İldem and a branch line was opened on 14-02-2014 to Talas via Erciyes Üniversitesi.

The construction of a third line between Anafartalar and Kumsmall Shopping Centre via the Kayseri City Hospital began on November 21, 2020. This branch opened on 2 March 2023.

The railway uses the same electronic travel card ticketing system as the city's bus transport system. Trains operate between 6:00 in the morning to 24:00 at night seven days a week.

Current lines

Line	Termini	Number of Stops	Opening Date	Length (km)	Travel Time
T1	Organize Sanayi ↔ İldem 5	43	1 August 2009	27 km	70 minutes
T2	Cumhuriyet Meydanı ↔ Talas Cemil Baba	19	25 October 2014	10 km	30 minutes
T3	Kumsmall AVM ↔ İldem 5	49	2 March 2023	30 km	84 minutes
T4	Cumhuriyet Meydani ↔ Anayurt İzzet Bayraktar Camii	17	28 October 2023	9,7 km	29 minutes

Rolling stock

Current

All services were initially provided by AnsaldoBreda Sirio trams. The fleet of 22 trams was later expanded to a total of 38.

An order for 30 additional trams from Turkish supplier Bozankaya was placed in August 2014 to augment the existing fleet. The first tram was delivered in March 2016, and all were in service by April 2017.

Former

Between 2015 and 2017, Gaziantep lent eight Alstom TFS trams (originally used in Rouen) to Kayseray.

External links

• Official website of Kayseray (in Turkish)
• Bozankaya Tram Technical Specification