T4 (Istanbul Tram)

T4 Topkapı - Mescid-i Selam tram line (Turkish: T4 Topkapı - Mescid-i Selam tramvay hattı) is a light rail line in Istanbul, Turkey, operated by Istanbul Ulaşım AŞ. It runs from Topkapı north to Mescid-i Selam, a total of 15.3 km (9.5 mi).[1] The T4 line operates its own right-of-way in a street median for most of its route, though with a few at-grade crossings, thus technically making it light rail[2][3] though the operator Metro Istanbul categorizes it as a tramline.

T4 Topkapı - Mescid-i Selam
A northbound train at Edirnekapı.
Overview
OwnerIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
LocaleIstanbul
Transit typeLight rail
Number of stations22
Daily ridership95,000[1]
Operation
Began operation12 September 2007[1]
Operator(s)Metro Istanbul
Number of vehicles78
Headway5 minutes (peak hours)
Technical
System length15.3 km (9.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
(standard gauge)
Topkapı-bound Istanbul Tram line T4 train at Şehitlik station

The first section of the T4 line opened between Edirnekapı and Mescid-i Selam on 12 September 2007.[1] An extension southwest of Edirnekapı to Topkapı was opened on 18 March 2009.

Connections to the M1 line are available at Vatan station, while connections to the T1 tram line and the Istanbul Metrobus are available at Topkapı station.[1]

Stations
StationOpenedTransferDistrictNotes
Topkapı2009T1
Metrobus		FatihSouthern terminus
Fetihkapı2009Fatih
Vatan2009M1A
M1B		Eyüp
Edirnekapı2007EyüpOriginal southern terminus
Şehitlik2007MetrobusEyüp
Demirkapı2007Eyüp
Topçular2007Eyüp
Rami2007Eyüp
Uluyol-Bereç2007Gaziosmanpaşa
Sağmalcılar2007Gaziosmanpaşa
Bosna-Çukurçeşme2007Gaziosmanpaşa
Ali Fuat Başgil2007Gaziosmanpaşa
Taşköprü2007Gaziosmanpaşa
Karadeniz2007Gaziosmanpaşa
KİPTAŞ Venezia 2007M7GaziosmanpaşaFormerly known as Metris
Cumhuriyet2007Sultangazi
50. Yıl-Baştabya2007Sultangazi
Hacı Şükrü2007Sultangazi
Yeni Mahalle2007Sultangazi
Sultançiftliği2007Sultangazi
Cebeci2007Sultangazi
Mescid-i Selam2007Sultangazi

Rolling Stock

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ABB

For a brief period of time, bulky high-floor ABB LRVs (similar to ones used in M1) were used. After additional rolling stock was added however these trains were moved to operate on the M1 line.

Duewag

These are old B80S and B100S sets that were used on Cologne Stadtbahn and purchased in 2007. They were used on both T1 and T4 lines (but the ex-T2 line also) and with the arrival of Alstom Citadis trams, on the T1 line they began to operate on the T4 line only.

Hyundai Rotem LRV34

From 2008, 63 units. Same vehicles used in Adana metrosu.

RTE

More recently (from 2014) new high-floor trams that were constructed by Metro Istanbul (the operator) itself are also used. During its development, there were intermediate models (RTE 2000 and RTE 2009) that operated on the line.

See also

References
  1. T4 (Topkapı - Habibler) - Istanbul Ulaşım AŞ
  2. "Urban Transport by Rail in Istanbul". Rail Turkey. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. "Turkish Tram Industry – Istanbul Tram". Rail Turkey. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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