Rapid transit in Turkey
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Rapid transit in Turkey refers to the extensive network of urban rail systems serving major cities throughout Turkey. The rapid transit networks in the country consist primarily of metro, light rail, and tram systems.
The Istanbul Metro, which opened its first line in 1989, marked the beginning of rapid transit development in Turkey. In the late 90s and early 2000s, other cities, such as Ankara and Bursa, initiated their own transit systems.
Current systems
| City | Name | Service opened |
Last expanded |
Stations | Lines | System length | Annual ridership (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adana |  Adana Metro |
2009 | 2010 | 13[1] | 1 | 13.5 km (8.4 mi)[1] | 14 (2011)[R 1] |
| Ankara |  Ankara Metro |
1997 | 2023[2] | 57[3] | 3 | 67.4 km (41.9 mi)[2][3] | 158.5 (2023)[R 2] |
| Bursa |  Bursaray |
2002 | 2014 | 40[4] | 2 | 40 km (25 mi)[4] | 91.3 (2010)[R 3] |
| Istanbul |  Istanbul Metro |
1989[5] | 2024[6] | 146 | 11 | 243.3 km (151.2 mi)[7] | 542 (2022)[R 4] |
| İzmir |  İzmir Metro |
2000[8] | 2024[8] | 24[8] | 1 | 27 km (17 mi)[8] | 100 (2019)[R 5] |
Under construction
| City | Name | Construction started | Projected opening |
Lines | Stations | Length by first opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gebze |  Gebze Metro |
2018 | 2026 | 1 | 12 | 15.4 km (9.6 mi) |
| Konya |  Konya Metro |
2020[UC 1] | 2025[UC 2] | 1 | 22 | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) |
| Mersin |  Mersin Metro |
2022[UC 3] | 2026 | 1 | 11 | 13.4 km (8.3 mi) |
