Rail System Is Growing, Izmir Is Developing

Railway System Grows, Izmir Develops: The rail systems in Izmir last 6 11,6 kilometers from the 130 kilometers and 1100 kilometers went up and grew in the rate. On the other hand, the system had positive effects on the environment, noise and air pollution and traffic.
With the features of comfortable, comfortable, reliable, high capacity and high speed transportation, rail systems have recorded a record growth of 6 in the last 1100 year in Izmir, and became the most preferred public transportation vehicle. The share of rail systems in public urban transportation increased to 40.
Starting with the 11,6 kilometer route of İzmir Metro, the rail system has been extended to 20 kilometers with the opening of new stations. İzmir Metro will extend towards 22 kilometers with the opening of Bornova Central Tunnel. With the commissioning of Fahrettin Altay-Narlıdere and Üçyol-Buca section and the launch of the İzmir Monorail Fair, 40 will leave the kilometer behind. Karşıyaka and thanks to Konak trams this network will be about 60 kilometers.
250 ON THE MILOMETER
İZBAN reached 110 kilometers with the opening of Torbalı line. The transportation network of İZBAN, which will reach 136 kilometers with the commissioning of Sağlık and Selçuk stations, will extend to 200 kilometers with Bergama. Thus, İzmir will be knitted with iron nets over 250 km from north to south and east to west. It will not be a surprise that the share of this large rail system network in urban public transportation rises to the first place.
ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC TRANSPORTATION
The rail systems, which stand out with their environmental aspects, play an important role in preventing air and noise pollution in cities. The positive results of this growth in rail systems in the city have been observed in almost every aspect. İzmir people, who prefer to train instead of private vehicles, helped to relax the urban traffic considerably. In addition, the decrease in air pollution, the decrease in carbon rates in the city and the decrease in the noise intensity was made possible by the people of Izmir using the rail system. Rail systems have contributed to the economy of the city and the country in terms of environmentalist features and efficient use of scarce resources such as energy.