The Halkapınar Maintenance Facility is the maintenance facility and depot for the

İzmir Metro The İzmir Metro () is a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro system serving the city of İzmir, Turkey. The current system, consisting of M1 (İzmir Metro), one line, starts from Narlıdere Kaymakamlık station in the southwestern portion of ...

. It is located in Halkapınar right next to İzmir Metro's Halkapınar station as well as the

Halkapınar railway station Halkapınar literally means ''ringed river''. It may be the following: * Halkapınar, Çınar * Halkapınar, Konya, a town in Konya *Halkapınar Transfer Center, a large multimodal transportation center in İzmir İzmir is the List of largest ...

. The facility was built in 2000 along with the metro itself. It can store 140 cars on its yard and service up to 7 trains at a time.İzmir Metro brochure (pdf file)

Overview

There are 3 tracks that connect to the metro line: two tracks westbound (Hatay) and one track eastbound (Bornova-Evka 3). The facility also houses the headquarters for İzmir Metro A.Ş., the holding company responsible for operation of the line. Near the front entrance there is a preserved heritage tram from the 1920s that used to run on the streets of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

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