Bursaray
Bursaray is a rapid transit system in the city of Bursa, Marmara Region, Turkey, built in 2000 by TÜVASAŞ, and operated by Burulaş. The name Bursaray is a portmanteau of Bursa, and Ray, the Turkish word for "rail". The Bursaray metro opened for passenger service on 24 April 2002. The metro system presently consists of two lines, which share a main line in the east, and branch into two lines at the western end of the system.
It is planned to expand the Bursaray system to a network in the future.
Operations
The Bursaray system is made up of two lines that operate on of route, serving 39 stations.Station platforms are long, and high; most stations use island platforms.
Rolling stock
A total of 48 cars of the B80 type were delivered by Siemens Uerdingen. Siemens TS supplied the signalling automation systems and the power supply system.Later the fleet was enlarged with 30 Bombardier Flexity Swift light rail cars from Bombardier. After that, Burulas purchased 44 used 'Sneltram' Duewag SG2 from the city of Rotterdam; 25 of which were placed in service while the other 19 were used to provide spare parts as needed.
All Duewag SG2 cars are discontinued today.
In addition, 60 Durmazlar GreenCity cars are in service.
Stations
There are 39 Metro stations in total in Bursa.Future expansions
In April 2021, the construction of the Bursa city hospital extension began. The extension will run from Emek station to the new city hospital via the future Bursa high speed rail station.In January 2023, the groundbreaking ceremony of the extension from Uludağ University station to Görükle was held. Despite this, the construction has not yet started.