T1 Karşıyaka Tram () is a urban

light rail transit Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...

(LRT) system in

Karşıyaka Karşıyaka () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 51 km2, and its population is 346,264 (2022). The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of ...

and

Çiğli Çiğli is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 139 km2, and its population is 214,065 (2022). It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of İzmir, around the mouth of the river ...

districts 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 ...

, Turkey and is one of the three lines of

Tram İzmir Tram İzmir, alternatively known as İzmir Tram (), is a tram network in İzmir, Turkey. Owned by the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and operated by İzmir Metro A.Ş., the system consists of three lines: one in Karşıyaka, which opened on 1 ...

. Construction work on the tram line began in April 2015. Test drives began in January 2017 and the line entered service on 11 April 2017. The line, which will operate on the Alaybey – Ataşehir route until 27 January 2024, underwent changes in its route to integrate with the Çiğli Tram (T3), which entered service. The Alaybey – Ataşehir Kavşağı line was named the Green Line, and the Mavişehir – Ataşehir line was named the Orange Line. The number of stations on the line increased to 15. The operating system of the tram line has two different lines. Green Line starts from Alaybey, Karşıyaka İskele, Nikah Sarayı, Yunuslar, Bostanlı İskele, Çarşı, Vilayet Evi, Selçuk Yaşar, Atakent, Bilim Müzesi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Spor Salonu, Mavişehir and reach Ataşehir Kavşağı station. Orange Line starts from Mavişehir, passes through the Çevre Yolu and ends in

Ataşehir Ataşehir is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127 (2022). It is located at the junction of the Otoyol 2, O-2 and Otoyol 4, O-4 motorways on the Anato ...

. It is possible to transfer from T1 line to T3 Tram line,

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

's Alaybey station and buses operated by

ESHOT Elektrik Su Havagazı Otobüs Troleybüs () or ESHOT is a bus service operating in the İzmir. ESHOT, along with İZULAŞ are the two main bus transit services in İzmir. Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the ...

. The tram line is operated by

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 ...

. The line is served by 17 tramcars produced by

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plant in

Adapazarı Adapazarı () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 324 km2, and its population 281,489 (2022). It covers the central and northern part of the agglomeration of Adapazarı and t ...

. The double-ended -long five-module tramcars are each 43.1 t heavy. They have 48 seating capacity, and can carry up to 285 passengers each. Service speed is , and top speed is . The tramcars run on standard

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at . The electrification system of the tramcars is 750 V DC. The line has a

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(CBTC)

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system. The metropolitan mayor announced that the ride is free of charge for a duration of the first fifty days until the beginning of June 2017.

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