Pointing out that Başkentray connects the East and West sides of the Capital with a metro standard rail system, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Uraloğlu said, “It covers the distance of 36 kilometers between Kayaş and Sincan in 49 minutes and provides service at 24 stations. It makes a total of 06 trips between 00:23 and 138:XNUMX in the morning.”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Uraloğlu announced the usage statistics of Başkentray, one of Ankara's important urban transportation vehicles, during the Eid holiday. Underlining that, as the Ministry, they have made investments and projects worthy of world capitals in the Capital Ankara with the vision of the Turkey Century, Uraloğlu said, “As the Ministry, we have implemented countless projects in Ankara in the last 22 years. We invested 601 billion, 510 million lira in Ankara's transportation and communication infrastructure. We put Kızılay-Çayyolu, Batıkent-Sincan-Törekent and Tandoğan-Keçiören metro lines into service. We transferred from Keçiören to Kızılay and opened the AKM-Gar-Kızılay Metro to provide transportation. "By putting Başkentray, which we modernized by increasing its current standard, into service in 2018, we contributed to the significant reduction in traffic on Eskişehir and Istanbul Road, one of Ankara's important transportation axes." said.
“498 THOUSAND 523 PASSENGERS USED BAŞKENTRAY DURING THE EID HOLIDAY”
Underlining that Başkentray, which was opened on April 12, 2018, has served 6 million 89 thousand people in 200 years, Uraloğlu said, “Bashkentray, which we put into service by increasing its current standard and providing transportation at metro standard, is used by 60 thousand people a day. We see that our citizens from Ankara continued to increase their interest in Başkentray during the Eid Holiday. Başkentray passenger numbers reached nearly half a million people during the holiday and served the people of Ankara during the holiday with 498 thousand 523 people. "In addition, Başkentray renewed the record by serving 15 thousand 2024 passengers on April 93, 954, breaking the previous transportation record of 10 thousand 2022 passengers dated November 88, 964," he said.
