Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç attended the first tram vehicle delivery ceremony of the Anafartalar-Şehir Hospital-Mobilyakent Tram line with the presence of Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in Ankara.
Before the ceremony, Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç met with Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu for a while. sohbet He.
Ankara province in Sincan OIZ Bozankaya Factory, Kayseri Tramway Project Production Facility, in addition to President Büyükkılıç, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu, AK Party Deputy Chairman, Chairman of Local Administrations Mehmet Özhaseki, AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitaş, Energy and Natural Resources from previous periods. Minister, Kayseri Deputy Taner Yıldız, AK Party Kayseri Deputy İsmail Tamer, İsmail Emrah Karayel, AK Party Kayseri Provincial Chairman Şaban Çopuroğlu, Infrastructure Investments General Manager (AYGM) Yalçın Eyigün and Bozankaya Chairman of the Board of Directors Aytunç Günay and senior officials attended.
In his speech at the ceremony, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu said, “We are witnessing another important day in our rail system investments, which we have developed locally and nationally in Kayseri, especially in recent years. I am very excited and happy to address you at the delivery ceremony of the first tram vehicle of our Kayseri Anafartalar-Şehir Hospital-Mobilyakent tram line.”
Expressing that one of the lines under construction is the Kayseri Anafartalar-City Hospital-Mobilyakent tram line, Minister Karaismailoğlu said:
“The length of our line in question is 6,7 kilometers, the number of stations is 11. In our project, where we laid the first rail weld on December 16, 2021 and are approaching the completion stage, we have completed our filling, concrete manufacturing, rail manufacturing, electrical and fiber optic cable processes. Signaling, landscaping and station operations continue rapidly in our project, where we have progressed by 95 percent in general. With the commissioning of this line, which will be integrated with the existing tram lines in Kayseri, we increase the length of the rail system in our city from 35 kilometers to 42 kilometers. We are also increasing the number of stations from 55 to 66. We are increasing the number of our rail system vehicles from 69 to 74.”
“THE LENGTH OF OUR TRAMWAYS IS 32,7 METERS, WIDTH 2,65 METERS”
Karaismailoğlu, giving information about much faster, comfortable and safe trams, said, “We will reach Kayseri City Hospital, Intercity Bus Terminal, Nuh Naci Yazgan University and Furniture House in a much faster, more comfortable and safe way. While we are working hard to put our project into service, we are also producing the vehicles that will work and serve on our tram line locally in Ankara. We will deliver the first vehicle that will work in Kayseri and then we will produce 5 here. The length of our trams will be 32,7 meters, the width will be 2,65 meters, the passenger capacity will be 288 and the speed will be 70 kilometers per hour.
“WE USED NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MANUFACTURING OF OUR TRAMWAYS”
Emphasizing that they prioritize the compliance with the city's needs and technical and social harmony in the new tram vehicles, Minister Karaismailoğlu said, "We have prioritized the suitability of the city's needs and its technical and social harmony in the design of our 5 tram vehicles that we are producing specifically for this line. We used new technologies in the manufacture of our trams. We used engine and motion accents that will enable the use of environmentally friendly energy. We paid maximum attention to ergonomic, comfortable and disabled-friendly designs. We have installed 3-stage super comfortable seats. We used Erciyes motifs in the seat upholstery. We made bike, scooter mounts and charging units on our trams. We used equipment that requires easy maintenance. We will put our trams, which we will start testing, into operation on our line as soon as possible.”
Minister Karaismailoğlu stated that they take great care to use domestic production and engineering opportunities in all projects, and said, "We hope to meet again in Kayseri soon and meet all together at the opening of our tram line," he said.
Speaking at the Delivery Ceremony of the First Tram Vehicle of the Kayseri Anafartalar-Terminal-Şehir Hospital-Mobilyakent Tram Line, AK Party Deputy Chairman and Local Administrations President Mehmet Özhaseki stated that Kayseri is a city that will compete with Europe and said, “Whatever can be done, our President will do it. It makes us happy to see that our deputies and mayors have achieved many things by joining arms with their will. Thankfully, at the point we've reached today, we can look at it and say why they have it and we don't have anything left," he said.
Bozankaya Özhaseki thanked his company and said, “Health your hands. Congratulations, thank you. The whole scene we saw here made us proud, God bless you all.”
Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç emphasized that they are working with the aim of moving Anatolia's shining star, Kayseri, to better points in the field of transportation, as in every field, and stated that the rail system line works, which are of great importance for Kayseri, continue uninterrupted. Büyükkılıç, who closely follows the works in Kayseri, stated that citizens will have safe and comfortable transportation to the important points of the city with the expanding and developing rail system network.
President Büyükkılıç wished that the first tram vehicle delivery ceremony of the Anafartalar-Şehir Hospital-Mobilyakent Tramway line would be beneficial and said, "We would like to thank those who contributed, especially our President, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, and AK Party Deputy Chairman in our project that was brought to our Kayseri." said.
After the speeches, a souvenir photo was taken to commemorate the day, and the cover of the first tram vehicle of the Anafartalar-Şehir Hospital-Mobilyakent Tram line was unveiled by Minister Karaismailoğlu, President Büyükkılıç and Özhaseki.
Minister Karaismailoğlu, on the delivery of the first tram vehicle, said, “Our tram, which suits Kayseri, is in your presence, this is the first, we will produce 4 more of them. Hopefully, we will start our line before the end of this year. We will continue to serve Kayseri together with my dear mayor and ministers accompanying this program. Kayseri deserves the best of everything and we will continue to work hard to do the best. Good luck,” he said.
President Büyükkılıç got into the new vehicle with Minister Karaismailoğlu and the accompanying protocol and posed for the lenses in the vehicle seat, while not neglecting the examination.
BÜYÜKKILIÇ ATTENDED THE EVALUATION MEETING
In addition, the Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who made important contacts in the capital, Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç attended the evaluation meeting held at the AK Party Headquarters under the chairmanship of Efkan Ala, the Head of Foreign Relations, as part of his Ankara contacts.
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