The viaduct, which will pass over the Çiğli Tram Line, which is under construction by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, has been completed. The manufacturing works of the tram viaduct that will connect the Cevreyolu Station to Çiğli Ataşehir District were completed 16 days early. In this section, the traffic flow provided over the side road has returned to its old order.
The manufacturing works of the tram viaduct that will connect the Cevreyolu Station to Çiğli Ataşehir District for the Çiğli Tram Line have been completed. In order for the tram to pass over the ring road, the works that started on 3 March in the Atakent Köprülü Junction area and were planned to last for a month were completed 16 days ago thanks to the intense work of the teams. As of today (Saturday 19 March), traffic flow in the region has returned to its old order. During the works, the traffic flow was provided over the side road in the 150-meter section of the ring road going from the Bornova direction to the Çanakkale direction, and the traffic flow in the 150-meter section going from the Çanakkale direction to the Bornova direction was over the side road in the same region.
50 is complete
After the concrete and rail laying works, the tram viaduct is planned to be opened to pedestrian and bicycle use at the end of April. 50 percent of the manufacturing works have been completed in a short time on the Çiğli Tramway line, the foundation of which was laid in February last year. While a contract was signed for the purchase of 26 electric tram vehicles to be used on the Çiğli Tram, the investment amount for these vehicles was 750 million TL. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality's total investment in Çiğli Tramway will reach 1 billion 250 million liras. After the completion of the tram line, which will consist of 11 kilometers and 14 stations, at the end of 2022, it is planned to start test drives.
Tram lines increase to 33,6 kilometers
The line, which will start from the Cevreyolu Station, will be connected to Çiğli Ataşehir Mahallesi with a viaduct. The route is planned to serve the Ring Road Station, Ataşehir, Çiğli Ataşehir District, Çiğli İZBAN Station, Çiğli Regional Training Hospital, Ata Industrial Zone, Katip Çelebi University and Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. In this way, Çiğli Tram will breathe into the region, ease the traffic, and facilitate access to hospitals, universities and industry in the region.
Most of the route will be built as a double line, passing through the middle medians. Moreover Karşıyaka During the construction of the tram, the Ataşehir-Mavişehir İZBAN connection, which is about 1 kilometer long, which could not be made due to property problems, will also be made within the framework of the construction of this line. Following the commissioning of the line, the tram lines in Izmir will reach a total of 33,6 kilometers.
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