TURKEY: The second Durmazlar tram arrived in Samsun on November 17 after a journey by road from Durmazlar’s factory in Bursa that began the previous day.
Samsun Metropolitan Municipality ordered eight five-section trams for Durmazlar in 2015 under a €12·3m contract. The first arrived in the city in late October.
Required for services on the newly extended tram line, the vehicles are 31·8 m long, 2 650 mm wide and 3·3 m high with capacity for 290 passengers.
TURKEY: The national Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure is to take over responsibility for developing a planned tram line in the Black Sea port city of Samsun. The 10·2 km line with 11 stops would link the city’s main hospital (Şehir Hastanesi) with the existing 33 ...
TURKEY: Samsun Mayor Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz attended the opening ceremony for an extension of the Samsun tram line on October 10. The 7 km southeastern extension from Balıkçı to Tekkeköy extension will enter regular revenue service within a week. It forms the second phase of a 12 km extension ...
