The Izmir Metropolitan Municipality announced tender for the procurement of 17 train sets (85 Light Rail vehicles - 5 vehicles in each set), including the related services (trainings), consumables during warranty period, spare parts, workshop equipment.

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has requested a  €30 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and intends using its proceeds for a project to procure Light Rail Transit carriages at a total cost of €156 million. These  will be operated by the municipal public transport company, Izmir Metro, on the existing LRT network.