Turkey's first driverless metro Opens

Another first in Istanbul, the city of firsts. Driverless metro period started in Turkey. The first phase of Üsküdar-Ümraniye-Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe metro, which is an important line in public transportation, is put into service with the participation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

• Length: 20 km
• Station: 16
• Wagon: 126 pieces
• Wagon length: 128.880 meter
• Passenger capacity: 1622 person / array
• Passenger: One way per hour: 65 bin
• Day: 700 thousand passengers.
• Reduction in annual co2 emissions: 77 thousand 246 tons
• Energy return is provided by making use of the brake power of the trains.
• The braking distance will be shortened, and energy savings will be achieved.
• Platform separator door system
• Turkey's first driverless, fully automatic metro.
• Turkey's first set of 6 wagons each, the longest metro wagon with the highest passenger capacity.
• The first metro vehicles in Turkey and the number one worldwide that can operate with a frequency of 1,5 minutes.
• The first metro vehicles with 1500mm passenger door opening among Turkish rail system vehicles.
• The first DOMESTIC PRODUCT usage requirement (15%) in the Turkish Railway sector was successfully fulfilled.
• HVAC (Air Conditioning) units are completely localized with their technology.

FEATURES OF THE FIRST STAGE TO BE OPENED

Length: 10,5 km,
Station: 9

-Üsküd is
the -Fıstıkağac
the -Bağlarbaş
in -Altunıza
the -Kısıkl
the -Bulgurl
-Ümranı to
-Bazaar
- Stores

LINE INTEGRATED POINTS

Marmaray in Üsküdar,
Marmaraydan, Yenikapı-Hacıosman And All Other Metrolara
Metrobus in Altunizade

TRAVEL TIMES FROM SANCAKTEPE:

Uskudar: 27 min.
Umraniye 15,5 min.
Eagle: 62 min.
Yenikapı: 39 min.
Taksim: 47 min.
Hacıosman: 71 min.
Airport: 71 min.
Olympic Stadium: 81 dk

The finishing works of the remaining 7 stations have been completed. It will open in June 2018.