Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu announced that nearly 2 million passengers traveled in 2 months on the Pendik-Sabiha Gökçen Airport Metro Line, which was opened on October 1.4 with the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu said in a statement that Turkey continued to invest non-stop during the epidemic period, and one of these investments was the Pendik - Tavşantepe - Sabiha Gökçen Airport Metro Line.
Emphasizing that the Sabiha Gökçen Airport Metro Line has increased the transportation quality of Istanbul residents, Karaismailoğlu announced that 640 thousand 496 passengers traveled in October and 752 thousand 165 passengers in November on this metro line. Karaismailoğlu stated that 2 million 1 thousand passengers preferred this line in 393 months.
OUR METRO INVESTMENTS CONTINUE FAST
Expressing that other metro investments in Istanbul are continuing rapidly, Karaismailoğlu said, “With 120 kilometers per hour, the 37,5 kilometers long Beşiktaş (Gayrettepe)-Kağıthane-Eyüp-Istanbul Airport Metro, which has the title of Turkey's fastest metro, will be one of the few metros in the world, We have completed the construction of the Kağıthane-Airport section. As soon as the signaling tests are finished, we will open it in the coming days. As of April 2023, we will open the Gayrettepe - Kağıthane area into operation. We have completed the construction of Başakşehir-Çam and Sakura City Hospital-Kayaşehir Metro. We brought the metro line, which we took over at 5 percent, over the level of 28 percent in a short period of 99 months, and we will open this line soon," he said.
Karaismailoğlu said that “Bakırköy (IDO)-Bahçelievler-Güngören-Bağcılar(Kirazlı) Metro, which will directly connect the existing Kirazlı – Başakşehir Line with Bakırköy İDO, has a physical realization of close to 72 percent,” and emphasized that this line is aimed to be put into service in 2023. . Minister of Transport, Karaismailoğlu, said, “Our other line is Küçükçekmece, which is 31,5 kilometers long.Halkalı)-Basaksehir-Arnavutkoy-Istanbul Airport Metro. We have completed 80 percent of our tunneling work. We plan to complete the entire project in 2023. Works on Kazlıçeşme-Sirkeci Rail System and Pedestrian Focused New generation transportation projects are also continuing. We aimed to complete it in the first half of 2023”.
WE HAVE 6 PROJECTS IN 12 CITIES
Karaismailoğlu also stated that investments are continuing all over Turkey and noted that there are 6 projects under construction in 12 more provinces. Karaismailoğlu pointed out that with the completion of these projects, they will contribute 11,1 billion TL per year to the economy, as well as 146 million hours of time and 136 thousand tons of fuel will be saved. said it would.
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