On January 10, Ankara’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, announced that a tender will be held this month to build a new tram line in Samsun, which will serve both the densely populated areas of İlkadım and Canik, as well as the Public Campus area.
The new tram line will be 13.3 km long and include 16 stations, connecting the city center with the new Central Hospital and Kamu Kampüs (Public Campus). It will be integrated into the existing network via the Kılıçdede station, which connects to the 33 km line running along the coast, with an additional section passing through the campus and heading towards the City Hall.
Ten new, modern trams will also be purchased for the project, which will increase the comfort and efficiency of public transport.
In addition to facilitating daily travel for residents, the Samsun tram line will have a significant impact on the environment and urban traffic by reducing the number of private vehicles on the roads and encouraging a shift to public rail transport. The project will thus contribute to reducing carbon emissions and improving the quality of life in the city, making urban mobility more sustainable and modern.
Rail transport, essential for Samsun
To develop the city’s rail transport, the authorities have recently completed the construction of a 7 km line connecting the Gelemen Logistics Village and Tekkeköy Logistics Village logistics centers. In addition, a new 3 km rail connection between the Havza Industrial Zone and the Ankara-Samsun high-speed line is under construction.
It should be noted that for this 293 km high-speed line, work is continuing on the first stage involving a 120 km section between Kırıkkale and Çorum, providing Samsun with direct access to high-speed rail services. When our project is completed, the travel time between Ankara and Samsun will be 2.5 hours.
According to estimates, the new line will carry over 12 million passengers per year and 14 million tons of freight per year, connecting the Black Sea to the world via the Mediterranean Sea.
“This is the first high-speed rail project connecting central Turkiye, Ankara, to the north of the country. This rail corridor, connecting the port of Samsun to the port of Mersin, will ease freight traffic on the Istanbul and Çanakkale straits and contribute to Turkiye’s transformation into a global logistics superpower,” explained Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
The Minister of Transport also said that there is a plan to continue the project with the 509 km Samsun-Sarp railway line, which, when completed, will create a high-capacity high-speed rail network between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea via Samsun.
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