Akçaray

Akçaray
Overview
OwnerKocaeli Metropolitan Municipality
LocaleIzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey
Transit typeLight Rail
Number of lines2
Number of stations16
Daily ridership26,400
Websitehttps://www.ulasimpark.com.tr/tramway
Operation
Operation will startJune 17, 2017
Operator(s)Ulaşım Park A.Ş.
Number of vehicles29
Train length33 m
Technical
System length16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi)
Track gauge1435 mm

Akçaray is a tramway network serving İzmit, the capital of Kocaeli Province in Turkey with a population of 367,990. İzmit and Kocaeli are part of Turkey's industrial heartland, situated to the east of Istanbul and on the north coast of the Marmara Sea. It has the distinction of being the first and currently the only tramway line in the province of Kocaeli and one of two mass transit lines with the construction of the Gebze Metro.