Bursaray (sometimes stylized as ''BursaRay'') is a

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system in the city of

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

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, built in 2000 by

TÜVASAŞ Turkish Wagon Industry, Inc. ( tr, Türkiye Vagon Sanayi Anonim Şirketi), more commonly known as TÜVASAŞ, is a railcar manufacturer based in Adapazarı. TÜVASAŞ is responsible for the construction, refurbishment and repair of railcars for the ...

, 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.

History

: 31 Jan 1997: Bursaray contract signed : 14 Oct 1998: construction begins : 24 Apr 2002: passenger trial service begins : 19 Aug 2002: official opening of first line: Şehreküstü - Küçük Sanayi (Hipodrom) : 02 Jan 2005: construction work begins on BursaRay Phase 1 Stage B : 06 Apr 2008: extension east from Sehreküstü - Arabayatagi (i.e. BursaRay Phase 1 Stage B enters service) : 28 Oct 2008: Phase 2 construction work begins : 24 Dec 2010: extension: Phase 2, Küçük Sanayi (Hipodrom) - Özlüce (2.9 km), enters service : 19 Sep 2011: extension: Phase 2, Özlüce - Üniversite (3.6 km) : 15 Dec 2011: extension: Phase 2, Organize Sanayi (1050 Konutlar) - Emek (2.5 km) : 19 Mar 2014: extension: Phase 3, Arabayatağı - Otosansit (4.4 km) : 27 Mar 2014: extension: Phase 3, Otosansit - Gürsu (2.0 km) : 05 Jun 2014: extension: completion of Phase 3, Gürsu - Kestel (1.5 km) : 02 Apr 2021: Construction of the Bursa City Hospital extension begins. : 04 Nov 2021: Infill station "Odunluk" between Nilüfer and Acemler was opened.

Operations

The Bursaray system is made up of two lines that operate on of route, serving 39 stations (7 of which are underground stations). Station platforms are long, and high; most stations use

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Rolling stock

A total of 48 cars of the B80 type ( long) were delivered by Siemens Uerdingen (in collaboration with the local company

). Siemens TS supplied the signalling automation systems and the power supply system. Later the fleet was enlarged with 30 Bombardier Flexity Swift light rail cars (similar to those on the U5 line on the Frankfurt U-Bahn) from Bombardier. After that, Burulas purchased 44 used 'Sneltram'

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SG2 (Duewag T-cars) from the city of

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; 25 of which were placed in service while the other 19 were used to provide spare parts as needed. All

SG2 cars are discontinued today. In addition, 60 Durmazlar GreenCity cars are in service.

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