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BURSA
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Bursa
A modern LRT system operates in Bursa (Turkey) since 2002; it's about 30 km long, articulated in 2 lines (Line 1: Organize Sanayi-Araba Yatagi; Line 2: Araba Yatagi-Ozluce) which mostly run ground level totally segregated from road traffic, with short underground sections. Sehrekustu-Araba Yatagi extension eastern extension opened on April 2008, followed by Kucuk Sanayi-Ozluce section on December 2010.
The line reached the university (Ozluce-Uludag Universitesi section) on September 2011, while a further northern extension (Organize Sanayi-Emek) opened on December 2011.
Bursaray.com (official site)
description uptaded on Dec 30th, 2011
map created on Oct 11th, 2011 (© 2005-2013 Ing. M. Tarozzi)
| CHRONOLOGY |
| 19-08-2002 | Sehrekustu-Kucuk Sanayi,Sehrekustu-Organize Sanayi
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| 06-04-2008 | Sehrekustu-Araba Yatagi
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| 24-12-2010 | Kucuk Sanayi-Ozluce
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| 19-09-2011 | Ozluce-Uludag Universitesi
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| 15-12-2011 | Organize Sanayi-Emek
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| Country | Turkey
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| Line | Bursaray
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| Inhabitants | City 2.000.000, District 2.500.000
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| Date opening | 2002
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| Future development: | eastern extension (Arabayatagi-Kestel)
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| Length (km) | 31
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| Track sections | totally segregated from road traffic
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| Stops | 25 average distance 1250 m
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| Platforms | --
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| Platform doors | --
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| general characteristics | length 120 m, width --
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| n. of vehicles | 48
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| n. of cars per vehicle | 1-2-3-4
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| Type | steel wheels
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| Vehicle dimensions (m) | length 27.7, width 2.65
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| Vehicle capacity (pax) | 287 (60 seated)
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| Frequency | --
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| Current/Voltage | 1500 V DC overhead
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| Guide/gauge | standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
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| Speed Km/h | Comm 34, Max 70
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| Accel./Decel. (m/sec2) | 1.2/1.3
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| System capacity | 25.000 pphpd
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| Ridership | 155.000 pax/day
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| Total cost | 16 M Euro/km
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| Staff | --
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| System builder | SIEMENS
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| Model | B80
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| NOTE | --
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technical data uptaded on Dec 30th, 2011