EsTram

EsTram (Eskişehir Tramvay) is a tram network in Eskişehir, Turkey, owned by the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality. The system operates Bombardier Flexity Outlook and Škoda ForCity^[2] low-floor articulated light-rail trams.^{[citation needed]}

EsTram
EsTram
Overview
Owner	Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality
Locale	Eskişehir
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	9
Number of stations	77
Annual ridership	39,986,332[1] (2022)
Website	EsTram
Operation
Began operation	December 2004
Number of vehicles	Bombardier Flexity Outlook, Škoda ForCity[2] (47 vehicles)[3]
Train length	29.5 m (96 ft 9 in)
Technical
System length	55 km (34 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Average speed	50 km/h (30 mph)
Top speed	70 km/h (45 mph)
System map Legend 19 Mayıs Arıcılar Fatih Batıkent Anıt Cumhuriyet Gündüz Ökçün Çamlıca Tombakzade Birlik Köprü Behçet Necatigil Ulusal Egemenlik Baksan Neoplus E90 / D.200 Ali Fuat Cebesoy Erzurum Kongresi Uluönder SSK Eczacılık Fakültesi E90 / D.200 Hava Müzesi to Kütahya & İstanbul Anadolu University Eskişehir Bağlar Espark Opera to Ankara & Konya Mamure İsmet İnönü Yıldız Porsuk Çayı Eses Stadyum Belediye Vişnelik Atatürk Lisesi Atatürk Bulvarı Alanönü Göztepe Gökmeydan Büyükdere Devlet Hastanesi Porsuk Spor Salonuoat Yunuskent Osmangaz Üniversitesi Borsa Millet Porsuk Çayı Halk Otogar Gültepe İtfaiye Depot Piri Reis Yunusemre Yenikent Yenidoğan Kartopu Nasreddin Hoca Plevne Çankaya Ertaş Emek Tarih Bulvarı 71 Evler Açelya This diagram: view talk edit

Construction began in August 2002 and operation of the first phase commenced on 24 December 2004 with a total length of 15 kilometers (9.3 mi)^[3] and two main lines, Otogar–SSK and Opera–Osmangazi University.^[4] The EsTram network is designed to carry passengers at a top speed of 50 km/h (31 mph) in mixed traffic.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, the second phase was completed with four extensions to the network.^[3][5] The newly added lines were Emek–71 Evler, Batıkent–SSK (ring), Çamlıca–SSK (ring) and Çankaya–Osmangazi University (ring). The Emek–71 Evler line was extended in 2019 to reach the city hospital.^{[citation needed]}

The third phase was completed in 2021 when the 75. Yıl–Sultandere and City Hospital–Kumlubel extensions were opened on 12 March and 14 June respectively. Service on line 36 (Otogar–Osmangazi University) (via Opera station) began on January 6, 2025. As of 2025, the system has nine lines.^[3][6]

Lines

Line	Route	Length	Electrification	Stations[6]	Notes
1	Otogar ↔ SSK[7]		750V DC Overhead line	16
3	Osmangazi Üniversitesi ↔ SSK			15
4	Otogar ↔ Osmangazi Üniversitesi			15
7	Osmangazi Üniversitesi ↔ Çankaya			12
8	SSK ↔ Batıkent			15
9	SSK ↔ Çamlıca			10
10	Şehir Hastanesi ↔ Kumlubel			23
12	75. Yıl ↔ Osmangazi Üniversitesi			26
36	Otogar ↔ Osmangazi Üniversitesi (via Opera)			15
TOTAL:		55 km		77