The Ankara Metro, running since 1997, runs from Kızılay, the city center, to the Batıkent suburb in the northwest. The line is 14.7 km long (6.5 km underground, 4.5 km surface, and 3.7 km elevated railway) and has 12 stations.
Construction of the following three metro lines is currently underway:
- Southwest: Kızılay–Çayyolu, 16 new stations, 18 km
- West: Batıkent–Sincan, 11 new stations, 18 km
- North: Ulus–Keçiören, six new stations, 7.9 km
As another extension of the network to the south, a TBMM–Dikmen line running for 4.8 km and having five new stations is considered. The Ankara Metro is expected to reach a carrying capacity of 58,000 passengers per hour per direction in the near future.
According to a press statement that the Turkish Minister of Traffic Binali Yıldırım made in February 2012, the new lines will open by June 2014 . The project has been handed over from the municipality to the ministry of traffic due to problems in financing the projects.
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