Editing Ankara (section)

==Transportation==
{{See also|Ankara Metro|Ankara railway station|Ankara Esenboğa Airport|List of airports in Ankara}}
[[File:Ankara_asv2021-10_img19_Railway_station.jpg|thumb|[[Ankara railway station]] is a hub for conventional trains.]]
[[File:Ankara_Tren_Garı.jpg|thumb|The new [[Ankara Tren Garı|ATG terminal]] is a hub for the [[High-speed rail in Turkey|high-speed rail]] ([[Yüksek Hızlı Tren|YHT]]) services.]]

The ''Electricity, Gas, Bus General Directorate'' (EGO)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ego.gov.tr |title=EGO Genel Müdürlüğü |publisher=Ego.gov.tr |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123055229/http://www.ego.gov.tr/ |archive-date=23 November 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> operates the [[Ankara Metro]] and other forms of public transportation. Ankara is served by a [[Commuter rail|suburban rail]] named [[Başkentray]] (B1) and five [[Rapid transit|Metro]] lines (A1, M1, M2, M3, M4) of the Ankara Metro with about 400,000 total daily commuters, while additional subway lines (A2 and M2a/b) are planned. A {{convert|3.2|km|1|abbr=on}} long [[gondola lift]] with four stations connects the district of Şentepe to the [[Yenimahalle|Yenimahalle metro station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.leitner-ropeways.com/Home/Largest-urban-ropeway-on-Eurasian-continent-opens-to-celebrations-in-Ankara |title=Largest urban ropeway on Eurasian continent opens to celebrations in Ankara |publisher=Leitner ropeways |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521233912/http://en.leitner-ropeways.com/Home/Largest-urban-ropeway-on-Eurasian-continent-opens-to-celebrations-in-Ankara |archive-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>

[[Ankara railway station|Ankara Central Station]] is a major rail hub in Turkey. The [[Turkish State Railways]] operates passenger train service from Ankara to other major cities, such as: [[Istanbul]], [[Eskişehir]], [[Balıkesir]], [[Kütahya]], [[İzmir]], [[Kayseri]], [[Adana]], [[Kars]], [[Elazığ]], [[Malatya]], [[Diyarbakır]], [[Karabük]], [[Zonguldak]] and [[Sivas]]. Commuter rail also runs between the stations of [[Sincan-Kayaş Line|Sincan and Kayaş]]. On 13 March 2009, the new [[Yüksek Hızlı Tren]] (YHT) [[High-speed rail in Turkey|high-speed rail service]] began operation between Ankara and Eskişehir. On 23 August 2011, another YHT high-speed line commercially started its service [[Ankara-Konya high-speed railway|between Ankara and Konya]]. On 25 July 2014, the [[Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway|Ankara–Istanbul high-speed line]] of YHT entered service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uic.org/com/uic-e-news/410/article/inauguration-ceremony-of-ankara?page=thickbox_enews|title=Successful inauguration of Ankara – Istanbul High Speed Line|work=uic.org|access-date=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214115431/http://www.uic.org/com/uic-e-news/410/article/inauguration-ceremony-of-ankara?page=thickbox_enews|archive-date=14 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Ankara Esenboğa Airport]], located in the north-east of the city, is Ankara's main airport. Whilst the [[AŞTİ]] is the main coach terminal.

===Ankara public transportation statistics===
The average amount of time people spend commuting on public transit in Ankara on a weekday is 71 minutes. 17% of public transit passengers, ride for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is sixteen minutes, while 28% of users wait for over twenty minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is {{convert|9.9|km|abbr=on}}, while 27% travel for over {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Turkey_Ankara-1723|title=Ankara Public Transportation Statistics|publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212539/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Turkey_Ankara-1723|url-status=live}} [[File:CC BY icon.svg|50x50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [[creativecommons:by/4.0/|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].</ref>

{{wide image|Esenboga International Airport Ankara Turkey.jpg|600px|align-cap=center|[[Esenboğa International Airport]]}}