First TBM Landing in Kaynarca Pendik Tuzla Metro

The first tbm is descending in the boiled pendik Tuzla metro
The first tbm is descending in the boiled pendik Tuzla metro

In Kaynarca-Pendik-Tuzla Metro, the first phase of which is planned to be opened in 2023, IMM President Ekrem İmamoğluThe TBM download ceremony will be held on July 8 with the participation of .

While the physical progress of the Kaynarca - Pendik - Tuzla Metro, which was started to be built in April 2017, was at the stage of 2 per thousand, it was stopped in 2018 due to insufficient funds.

The 2020 km long 13-station rail system, which was financed and re-works started in February 8, consists of 2 independent metro lines. The first phase of the project, the Pendik-Kaynarca line with 4,90 km and 2 stations, is aimed to be opened in 2023.

On the line, the shafts of which have been prepared and the construction of the TBM installation tunnels have been completed, on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at 14:00, the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Ekrem İmamoğluThe downloading ceremony for the first TBM will be held with the participation of .

Within the scope of the project, 2 separate excavations with a total length of 5 thousand 179 meters will be carried out with 2 TBMs. The first TBM to be lowered into the shaft on July 8 will open a 2 thousand 593 meter long tunnel. With the second TBM excavation, which is planned to start in August, it is aimed to dig a tunnel of 2 thousand 586 meters.

When completed, the metro will have the capacity to carry 70 thousand passengers per hour in one direction; Marmaray, Kadıköy – It will be integrated with the Tavşantepe Metro and the Tavşantepe – SGH (Sabiha Gökçen Airport) Metro, which is being built by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

The Kaynarca-Tuzla line, which is the second metro of the project, will consist of 9,10 km and 7 stations. Work continues in line with the opening of this rail system after 2024.

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