Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu will give Istanbul a breath of fresh air Halkalı- Stating that the Istanbul Airport Metro line works are carried out uninterruptedly on a 7/24 basis, he said, “The 24 km Istanbul Airport-Kayaşehir section will be completed before March 2024, the remaining 7,5 km of the line will be completed in Olympiaköy, Halkalı Stadium and Halkalı "We aim to open the stations at the end of 2024," he said.
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Halkalı-He made inspections on the Istanbul Airport Metro line. Minister Uraloğlu made statements here regarding the latest situation in the metro line works.
HalkalıNoting that the metro line starting from Istanbul and reaching Istanbul Airport is 31,5 kilometers long, Uraloğlu said, “Taşoluk, Arnavutköy-Hastane, Fenertepe-Üniversite, Kayaşehir, Olympiaköy, Halkalı Stadium and Halkalı It has 8 stations, including 2,5 stations, and 1 warehouse area with a 120 km connection line. "With a design speed of 600 km per hour, 24 thousand passengers per day will be able to travel on this line," he said. Noting that travel times will decrease with the commissioning of the line, Uraloğlu said, “Travel time between Kağıthane-Istanbul Airport will be reduced to 12 minutes, between Göktürk-Istanbul Airport will be 45 minutes, between Tekstilkent-Istanbul Airport will be 36 minutes, between Arnavutköy-Beşiktaş will be reduced to 48 minutes, between Başakşehir (Metrokent)-Kağıthane. "The distance between Küçükçekmece and Kemerburgaz will be 50 minutes and XNUMX minutes," he said.
LOCATIONS TO BE INTEGRATED
Minister Uraloğlu, Halkalı-He also announced the locations that will be integrated into the Istanbul Airport Metro line. Uraloğlu, Halkalı-Istanbul Airport Metro line, existing and under construction; With Gayrettepe-Istanbul Airport, At the Airport, with Marmaray Halkalıin Gayrettepe with the Yenikapı-Hacıosman Metro and the Great Istanbul Tunnel that we will build, in Istanbul Airport with the High Speed Train, in Kayaşehir with the Bakırköy-Kirazlı-Metrokent-Kayaşehir Metro, in Olympiaköy with the Bakırköy-Kirazlı-Olimpiyatköy Metro. , Kirazlı-Halkalı With Metro Halkalı"It will provide integration in ," he said.
ECONOMIC GAIN WILL BE OVER 2 BILLION 639 MILLION EUROS
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Halkalı-He said that the economic gain of the Istanbul Airport Metro line in the 20-year projection, due to factors such as highway maintenance and operation and time savings, will be over 2 billion 639 million euros. Uraloğlu shared the following information about the latest status of the project:
“In the main line tunnels of our project, we completed a total of 6,60 thousand 6 meters of line tunnel by using 55 TBMs with a diameter of 600 meters. We have made 99% progress in the coating concrete manufacturing of the tunnels and we are about to finish it. We continue construction work at stations, switch structures and service stations. We have completed 97% of the reinforced concrete manufacturing. We have also made 60% progress in the fine construction works of stations and service stations. We have completed 97% of the railway manufacturing in line tunnels. We achieved 67% progress in Electromechanical works throughout the project. Halkalı- Within the scope of the Istanbul Airport Metro Line Project, we completed the Warehouse Area and Workshop Building with an area of 120 thousand m2 and a capacity of 176 Vehicles, which will be used jointly with the Gayrettepe-Airport Project, and opened it on December 26, 2022.”
Uraloğlu said, “We continue our work 24 hours a day, 2024 days a week, with the aim of putting the 7 km long Istanbul Airport-Kayaşehir section of our line, which we are examining, into service, hopefully before March 24. When we complete the section of our project up to Kayaşehir station, we will be integrated with the Başakşehir-Kirazlı Metro Line and Bağcılar-Kirazlı-Başakşehir-Olimpiyatköy Metro line. Olympiaköy, within the scope of the remaining 7,5 kilometers of the line, Halkalı Stadium and Halkalı "We aim to open the stations at the end of 2024," he said.
Minister Uraloğlu also made an evaluation about the urban rail system works of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure throughout Turkey and noted the following: 12 kilometers of the approximately 922 km of urban rail system lines under operation in 395,2 provinces throughout our country have been built by our ministry. Construction is ongoing by our Ministry in 5 provinces: Istanbul, Kocaeli, Bursa, Kayseri and Konya; "There is a total of 9 km long rail system line construction in 102,1 projects."
THE METRO LINES WE OFFER TO OUR PEOPLE IN ISTANBUL ARE 130,2 KM IN TOTAL
Regarding the urban rail system works throughout Istanbul, Uraloğlu said that 130,2 km of metro line has been built and offered to the people of Istanbul so far. Explaining these lines one by one, Uraloğlu said:
“These Lines; Gebze-Halkalı Suburban Line (Marmaray), Levent-Hisarüstü Metro Line, Tavşantepe-Sabiha Gökçen Airport Metro Line, Kağıthane-İstanbul Airport Metro Line, Başakşehir-Çam Sakura City Hospital-Kayaşehir Metro Line.”
WE ARE WORKING FOR ISTANBUL ON 55,7 LINE WHICH IS 5 KM
Uraloğlu stated that work is currently ongoing for Istanbul on 55,7 lines with a total length of 5 km. Uraloğlu stated that these lines are Bakırköy (İDO)-Bahçelievler-Kirazlı Metro line, Kağıthane-Gayrettepe Metro Line, Halkalı-Başakşehir-İstanbul Airport Metro line, Altunizade - Çamlıca Mosque -Bosna Boulevard Metro Line, Kazlıçeşme - Sirkeci Rail System and Pedestrian Oriented New Generation Transportation Project.
Minister Uraloğlu said that when the ongoing projects are completed, the length of the rail system network in Istanbul will increase from 338,8 kilometers to 394,5 kilometers and more than 50% of the Istanbul rail system network will be provided by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.