Ankara Metro Ankara Metro The Ankara Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At present, Ankara's rapid transit system consists of five metro lines – the "Batıkent Metrosu (M1)", the "Koru Metrosu (M2)", the "Törekent Metrosu (M3)" lines and the new "Keçiören Metrosu (M4)" line opened in 2017, along with the light rail "Ankaray" line. The Ankaray, the M1, M2 and M3 lines, together transported 104.1 million passengers in 2014. That corresponds to a ridership of approximately 289,155 per day. The "Kızılay to Atatürk Cultural Center" link of M4 is not yet opened and remains under
Ankara Turkish as "Engürü". The form "Angora" is preserved in the names of breeds of many different kinds of animals, and in the names of several locations in the US (see Angora). Ankara has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen "Csa") which closely borders a hot summer Mediterranean continental climate (Köppen "Dsa"). Under the Trewartha climate classification, Ankara has a middle latitude steppe climate ("BSk"). Due to its elevation and inland location, Ankara has cold, somewhat snowy winters and hot, dry summers. Rainfall occurs mostly during the spring and autumn. Ankara lies in USDA Hardiness zone 7b, and its annual average precipitation