The first test drive was made on the 2021-kilometer Çiğli Tram, the foundation of which was laid in 11 by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. President was among the first passengers of the tram, which was greeted with interest by Çiğli people. Tunç Soyer There was also. Stating that they will continue their rail system investments in line with the goal of covering the city with iron nets, the President Tunç Soyer“It is a very exciting day. Let the Çiğli Tram be our New Year's gift to the people of İzmir.”
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, which continues its rail system investments without slowing down, started trial runs on Çiğli Tram. First trial expedition, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç SoyerMade with the participation of To the expedition; Cigli Mayor Utku Gumrukcu, Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay, İzmir Journalists Association President Dilek Gappi, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Secretary General Barış Karcı, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality bureaucrats, press representatives and headmen attended.
Applause from the citizens
The trial expedition started with the presentation of Mehmet Ergenekon, Head of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Rail Systems Department. Journey of President Soyer and the accompanying delegation KarşıyakaIt started from. While passing over the Ring Road Viaduct built as part of the Çiğli Tram project, a group of cyclists accompanied the tram. At Semra Aksu Station, where the connection with İZBAN will be established, the residents of the region welcomed President Soyer with flowers. The trial expedition ended in İzmir Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. Here is the President Tunç Soyer Hilmi Uğurtaş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of İAOSB, welcomed the passengers and their guests. During the trial expedition, the drivers in the traffic honked their horns, and the people of Çiğli in the region celebrated the passing of the tram with applause.
Soyer: “The cost has increased 5 times”
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who made a statement about the material size of the Çiğli Tram Tunç Soyer“We delivered the site on 17 December 2020. It has until May, but it will end sooner. The interesting thing is that 2 years ago the cost of the job was 415 million lira. Today it exceeds 2 billion. We faced a cost increase of more than five times in 2 years. Let this be known," he said.
“A very exciting day”
Stating that they will increase comfort with rail systems, President Soyer said, “It is a very exciting day for us. We wanted to give this to İzmir as a gift for the new year. My friends have managed to grow it to this day. They made it to tour on the full route. Perhaps this line, which will offer comfort, convenience and aesthetics to people who have lived on this route for decades, has shown itself for the first time today. Rail systems mean more aesthetic, more comfortable, cheaper and cleaner transportation. Our main preference in transportation is to leave the rubber wheels aside and to make the rail systems much more effective and widespread. We will continue to bring this city together with rail systems in a very intense way,” he said.
Mayor Soyer, who promised to continue the investments, said, “Peace be at peace, in this gloomy environment of Turkey, in the days when the economic crisis deepens, inflation rises, and the cost of living rises, as the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, we will continue to invest without interruption, in any way. We will continue to serve the people of Izmir," he said.
“New Year's Gospel”
Çiğli Mayor Utku Gümrükçü said, “It is a very big day for Çiğli. It was a great Christmas news for us. Karşıyaka and will increase Çiğli's embrace. We are aware of the beauty that this project will bring to our Çiğli.”Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay said, “It is a pleasant day that we will not forget, Karşıyaka It is a line that will remove the disconnection between Çiğli and Ankara to a great extent”.
What was done?
The line within the scope of the construction of Çiğli Tram, one of the important projects of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality that will bring a new breath to environmentally friendly, economical and comfortable urban transportation. Karşıyaka It has completed the 750-meter-long viaduct, 6 transformer buildings, 14 stops and 11-kilometer line manufacturing (22 thousand 600 meters of rail installation), which will connect the tram to the pedestrian and bicycle path. On 20 December, the line was energized and rail and catenary checks were made. Çiğli Tramway is planned to be put into service in March.
will ring
The foundation of the Çiğli Tram line was laid in February 2021. The line, which is 11 kilometers long and consists of 14 stations, will serve Ata Industrial Zone, Çiğli State Hospital, Katip Çelebi University and Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. Semra Aksu Street, where passenger integration with İZBAN will be made, has been pedestrianized. Çiğli Tram Line Karşıyaka connection with the line was provided at the Karya Junction. The line will proceed to Ekol junction, and from there to Atatürk Street, via the viaduct. From Atatürk Street to Semra Aksu Street, from there to the junction of Old Airport Street and Doğa Koleji, then passing through Çiğli State Hospital and Ata Industrial Zone, it will arrive at the Evka-5 junction. From there, you will reach the Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. The line, which reaches Katip Çelebi University from within AOSB, will continue within AOSB and come to Nazım Hikmet Ran Street and again to Ekol Junction and complete its ring. Çiğli Tramway will breathe in the region, relieve traffic, and facilitate access to hospitals, universities and industry in the region.
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