Başakşehir Çam and Sakura Hospital Metro will be opened before the end of this year

Making important statements at the 21st Century Municipalism Local Governments Summit, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu said that Başakşehir Çam and Sakura Hospital-Kayaşehir metro will be opened before the end of this year.

Stating that they have an important investment in Ankara, Karaismailoğlu said, “We have now reached the final stage in the AKM-Gar-Kızılay metro. In the first months of 2023, we will open the AKM-Gar-Kızılay metro and meet an important need in Ankara.” Karaismailoğlu stated that the Istanbul Airport-Kağıthane stage of the Istanbul Airport-Zincirlikuyu metro line will be opened at the end of this month or at the beginning of December, and that independent organizations are currently conducting tests to obtain a signaling certificate.

Stating that Başakşehir Çam and Sakura Hospital-Kayaşehir line will be opened after him, Karaismailoğlu said that the Ministry completed the line in 26 months after taking over this place, and that this place will be put into service before the end of the year.

Noting that they have invested 20 billion dollars in transportation and communication in the last 183,6 years, Karaismailoğlu gave information about the investments made in different fields of transportation services. Minister of Transport Karaismailoğlu said, “Thanks to our investments in highways, we save 1 billion liters of fuel, we have saved 7 billion hours of time per year. Put these aside, thanks to our investments, traffic accidents have decreased by 80 percent. Thanks to planned investments, we save the lives of 9 citizens every year.”

Stating that they are currently operating a 13 thousand 100-kilometer railway, Karaismailoğlu said that they entered a railway-based investment period until 2053. Emphasizing that they have increased the number of passengers in the airline from 30 million to 210 million, Karaismailoğlu stated that the number of airports has reached 57, and that they will increase the number of airports to 61 with the ongoing construction. Referring to the positive effect of transportation investments on national income, employment and production, Karaismailoğlu said that they have made all the plans until 2053 and set big goals.