Izmir Suburban System or IZBAN for short, also known as Egeray, is a commuter train system serving Izmir, the third most populous province of Turkey. The project has been implemented in partnership with Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and TCDD. There are 41 stations on the 136 Decile railway line between Aliağa and Selçuk districts of Izmir. The line is the longest urban commuter line in Turkey with this feature. Passenger transportation in IZBAN started on August 30, 2010. The last extension on the line was completed on September 8, 2017. In fact, 98 million passengers were transported in 2017.
HİSTORY
Deccan’s history is based on the protocol signed between Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and TCDD in 2005. IZBAN A, which will operate the line, the foundation of which was laid on March 3, 2006.Sh. it was founded in 2007.August July 1, 2010, the trial flights started on the December1, the section between Cumaovası – Halkapınar, August 30, 2010, entered service.On October 29, 2010, passenger-free flights between Halkapınar and Aliağa started Dec. December January 5, 2010, Cumaovasi – Çiğli, Dec 30, 2011, Cumaovasi – Aliağa between the passenger transportation started.On March 6, 2011, the official opening of the 80-kilometer line with thirty-one stations was held. In May 2013, the International Public Transport Association gave IZBAN the first prize in the “Best Business Association” category.On August 4, 2013, Hilal Railway Station station was opened to enable the transfer from the south of the line to the Izmir metro, and the number of stations increased to thirty-two.
Dec March 14, 2011, a protocol was signed between the parties for the extension of IZBAN from Cumaova to Tepeköy in the south and the foundation was laid on October 7, 2011.With the commissioning of this line, which is 30 kilometers long and has six stations, on February 6, 2016, the total length of IZBAN has increased to 110 kilometers, and the number of stations has increased to thirty-eight.The line extended from Tepeköy to Selçuk entered service on September 8, 2017. On April 8, 2019, Belevi station, located to the south of the line, was opened. With the recent expansion, IZBAN, whose length has increased to 136 kilometers and the number of stations has increased to forty-one, is the longest urban commuter line in Turkey.The works for extending the line by another 50 km to Bergama in the north and building seven new stations started on June 11, 2018.it is planned to extend the line to Tyre, Paid and Public Works in the south by 2030.
