15 thousand people wanted the metro at night in Izmir, but ...

15 thousand people in Izmir wanted the subway at night, but…: The residents of Izmir wanted metro and İZBAN services to take place after midnight. 15 thousand people signed the petition launched for this. İZBAN and METRO officials emphasized that the daily maintenance, repair and cleaning of the subway and İZBAN sets, which operate all day long, is done at night, and said that it is not possible to fulfill the request.
Citizens of Izmir, who wanted Metro and İZBAN flights to take place at midnight, responded to the signature campaign launched on Change.org.
In a short time, by the signature campaign of a thousand people attended by 15, the statement made by İZBAN officials to our newspaper stated that it was not possible to conduct night cruises.
In the statement, it was stated that 150 thousand Izmir residents are transported daily thanks to the rail transportation system, which reaches approximately 650 kilometers, and it was emphasized that both the metro and İZBAN are operating for 20 hours every day.
During the day between midnight 01.00 and 05.00 hours of day-time running the metro and İZBAN daily maintenance, repair, cleaning and controls are emphasized in the statement, it is not possible to do in the mid-night voyage in terms of passenger safety recorded.
'Not possible for security'
In the statement made by İZBAN officials, “Both rail systems operate for 20 hours every day. Between 01.00:05 and 00:3, the sets that complete their voyages during the day are daily maintained and cleaned, while maintenance and checks are carried out on the line and catenary in order to prepare the system for the next day without any problems. These maintenance and applications carried out for the safety of our passengers, then continue as weekly, monthly, XNUMX-month and annual heavy maintenance. At this point, the most important issue is passenger safety, so after midnight flights are not possible ”.
The last time on the subway is at 00:20
While İZBAN goes on its last voyage at 00:30 at midnight, the subway does not have flights after 00:20 at midnight. Buca from Konak centerKarşıyakaThose who will go to places such as Çiğli, Gaziemir, Narlıdere and Bornova can travel by the "owl" bus lines that depart every hour. These lines operate only on main routes and for inter-district flights.
What did the people of İzmir want?
Those who want their transportation times to be arranged at night in İzmir started a petition on Change.org. Night flights were requested in the Metro and İZBAN. The following statements took place in the campaign signed by more than 15 thousand people so far: “We want to be able to travel in Izmir at night and go home comfortably. Before people go from place to place, "I wonder what is the last subway", "if I get out at this hour, can I catch ESHOT", "My plane lands in Izmir at 1 am; Menemen, they think how can I go to Aliağa ”. If a person going to Aliağa from Konak is finished at 11, he must first go to the İzmir metro and then go to the Hilal or Halkapınar stations. It travels for about 1 hour between Halkapınar and Aliağa. This shows that when he reaches Aliağa, it is 12.30. You can neither find ESHOT nor urban minibus services for transportation. So even if the night voyages are every half an hour or an hour, it helps people to relax a little bit. There are great difficulties in getting to the districts on the north side of Izmir. HAVAŞ has no flights to Aliağa, Menemen or Dikili. That's why we need to make our voices heard as soon as possible. If you too sign this campaign, you will help the people of Izmir to make their voices heard.