Katip Çelebi University station will be built between Egekent and Ulukent stations in Çiğli district of İZBAN Suburban Line, operated in partnership with İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and TCDD. Çiğli Mayor Utku Gümrükçü announced that a contract was signed with the company that won the tender.
Two more stations are being added to İZBAN, which constitutes the important pillar of the urban rail system in İzmir. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality will bring Lale stations to Konak district and Katip Çelebi stations to Çiğli district in order to facilitate citizens' access to İZBAN. Katip Çelebi University İZBAN station, which will be located between Egekent and Ulukent stations in Çiğli, will facilitate the transportation of Ahmet Efendi and Balatçık Mahallesi residents and university students.
Customs: “It will serve 50 thousand citizens”
President Gumrukcu, who has been trying to bring another IZBAN stop to Çiğli for a long time, said, “The contract was signed with the company that won the tender. The manufacturing works, which will start after the site delivery, will be completed in 18 months. We will follow the process in order to complete the construction work as quickly as possible. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç SoyerI would like to thank İZBAN and İZBAN management. For a long time, we had some negotiations for the construction of this station. Katip Celebi University, located in our district, offers education opportunities to thousands of students. This station was really needed so that our students would not have difficulty in commuting to and from school. In addition, with the opening of Europe's largest Faculty of Dentistry, which will be newly opened, our citizens will not have any difficulties in terms of transportation to the hospital. Katip Çelebi University stop will provide a great ease of transportation for 50 thousand citizens residing in the Balatçık and Harmandalı regions.