"Konya Rail System Projects Promotion and Sedirler Bridge Junction Opening Ceremony" was held by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and Konya Metropolitan Municipality with the participation of Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
KONYARAY SUMMARY LINE IS TARGET TO OPEN IN 2026
Providing information about the KONYARAY Suburban Line, the construction of which is carried out by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure within the scope of Konya Rail System Projects, Mayor Altay stated that the tender for the first stage, which has a length of 17.4 kilometers, starting from Meram Station and ending with the Logistics Center, said, "It will consist of 13 stations, especially Meram We are rapidly continuing the construction of our Organized Industrial Zone, which will be used extensively by our citizens going to the industrial zone from , and will create a new breath for the transportation of our new industrial areas. "Hopefully, we plan to complete our work on the suburban line and put it into service in 2026," he said.
“MAJOR PART OF THE ALAADDIN-SELÇUK UNIVERSITY LINE WILL GO UNDERGROUND”
Later, Mayor Altay made a statement about the rail system lines that the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will bring to the city and said, “Aladdin-Selçuk University Line; This is our current tram line, but it is now an area where it is very difficult to serve as a tram due to the passenger density and has been planned for the metro. We are carrying out a metro project together with our ministry, in which a large part of this line will move underground. "Hopefully, we plan to complete these projects as soon as possible and bring this line, consisting of 20 kilometers and 19 stations, to our city in the next 5 years," he said.
ALAADDİN-NECMETTİN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY LINE; FETİH STREET-AHMET ÖZCAN STREET LINE
Noting that the tender for the part of the Alaaddin-Necmettin Erbakan University Line from the direction of Beyşehir Road to Alaaddin will be held as soon as possible, Mayor Altay said, “Fetih Street-Ahmet Özcan Street starts from YHT Station and continues along Fetih Street and continues to Ahmet Özcan Street, Chechnya. There will be a tram line that will continue from the Street and join the Necmettin Erbakan Line at Sivaslı Ali Kemal Street. We started the project construction work with the approval of our ministry. "By completing this line as soon as possible, we will bring this line to our city as a rail system tram line in this period," he said.
NEW INDUSTRIAL-STADIUM LINE WILL SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Courthouse-City Hospital-Stadium Rail System Line; Emphasizing that the ministry took over the part between the New Industry and the Stadium, Mayor Altay said, “We delivered the projects for this. Official processes are continuing to make the tender for this 10-kilometer line as soon as possible and start it this year. We would like to use this at least very quickly. We are also in talks with our ministry regarding the vehicles here. "Hopefully, our ministry will purchase both metro vehicles and rail system vehicles," he said.
COURTHOUSE-CITY HOSPITAL-STADIUM FIRST STAGE AND BARIŞ STREET TRAMLINE
Mayor Altay then shared with the public the rail system projects to be brought to the city by Konya Metropolitan Municipality. Mayor Altay said, “We plan to lay the foundation of the Courthouse-City Hospital-New Industrial Line, which is the first stage of the Courthouse-City Hospital-Stadium Rail System Line to be built by our Municipality, at a cost of 1 billion 555 million liras, within a month. Thus, we plan to start our line, which is 11.2 kilometers long and has 13 stations, in 2024. Another line of ours is the 16.9 kilometer Barış Caddesi Tram Line. "This is a line that starts from Fırat Street, continues from Beyhekim Hospital, intersects with the new tram line we will build at Barış Street Junction and comes to Kent Plaza," he said.
ONLY THE LENGTH OF THE LINE TO BE LAYED THIS YEAR IS AS MUCH AS THE CURRENT RAIL SYSTEM
Stating that a total of 1986 kilometers of rail system has been built in Konya since 27, Mayor Altay continued as follows: “Now the tendered part of our Suburban-KONYARAY line is 17,4 kilometers. We completed the consultancy tender for our Barış Caddesi tram line. Hopefully, we plan to lay the foundation for this this year. In addition, the Courthouse-City Hospital-Stadium Rail System Line, with a total length of 21.2 kilometers; We also made the tender for the Courthouse City Hospital-New Industrial Site section to be built by our municipality. In other words, the length of the lines that we, as Konya Metropolitan Municipality, will lay the foundations of only this year, is as long as the existing rail system line. If we add KONYARAY, the total of our works started or tendered this year will be almost twice the size of our current rail system. Moreover, as you can see when combined with these lines to be built by our Ministry, Konya will be a city that has completed its entire transportation infrastructure in the 2-year vision. "Konya, with a population of 50 million 1 thousand in the city center, in the heart of Anatolia, in the capital of the Seljuks, will be one of the cities with the longest rail system in Turkey."
“WE WILL BRING KONYA'S RAIL SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS”
Emphasizing that the total length of all projects as the Ministry and the Metropolitan Municipality is approaching 105 kilometers, Mayor Altay said, “So, by adding almost 27 times to our existing 4 kilometer line, we will bring Konya's rail system infrastructure to European standards. Thus, ease of transportation will be provided for both our employees in the industrial zone, especially our Organized Industry, and our university students, and Meram Medical Faculty, Selçuklu Medical Faculty, Beyhekim and City hospitals will be connected to each other with a rail system. We are sharing with you a new vision for Konya at the beginning of this period. "May God not embarrass me," he said.
Thanking Minister Uraloğlu and his team for their support, Mayor Altay said, “I would also like to thank our esteemed Governor, our esteemed MPs, our esteemed provincial mayor, and our central district mayors for supporting us in this matter. We all have one goal; He concluded his speech with the words "to build a more livable Konya."
“OUR KONYA WILL MEET A BEAUTIFUL RAIL SYSTEM”
AK Party Konya Deputy Mustafa Hakan Özer stated that Konya has grown and developed over time and said, “Konya, which was once only an agricultural city, has today become one of the most important cities of Turkey with its agriculture, industry, cultural tourism and logistics. Konya is a constantly growing city. The needs of growing cities also change with the times. Some difficulties are encountered. One of the most important problems of Konya is urban transportation. Hopefully, we will witness that this problem is resolved with projects that connect and reach each other in public transportation. I hope Konya will meet with an extremely beautiful rail system. "I would like to thank our Minister who always supports us," he said.
GOVERNOR ÖZKAN THANKS MAYOR ALTAY AND MINISTER URALOĞLU
Konya Governor Vahdettin Özkan thanked everyone who contributed, especially Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay, and said, "In line with the strategies you have determined at the national level, all units in Konya, especially the Metropolitan Municipality, continue our work rapidly in full coordination and communication, with a result-oriented approach." It does. We are grateful that our esteemed minister is implementing especially the transportation infrastructure, communication infrastructure and information technologies in our province, as well as all over Anatolia, and it is meaningful and important for our province that he showed special sensitivity to Konya in a very short time. “We thank you,” he said.
“LET SEDİRLER KÖRÖRULÜ JUNCTION BE GOOD FOR OUR KONYA”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abülkadir Uraloğlu said that they have made very important investments in partnership with the ministry and Konya Metropolitan Municipality to strengthen Konya's transportation infrastructure. Stating that the Sedirler Köprülü Interchange will change the face of Konya by regulating the traffic flow in Konya and provide comfortable transportation to the citizens, Minister Uraloğlu said, “I congratulate our Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay and his valuable team for implementing the project. "We passed through the intersection on our way, it is truly a work of engineering, good luck to Konya," he said.
128 AND A HALF BILLION TL FOR KONYA'S TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Stating that, as the Ministry, they invested 128 billion lira for Konya's transportation and communication infrastructure, Minister Uraloğlu said, “We increased the length of Konya's divided road from 167 kilometers to 1.282 kilometers. We made 614 kilometers of single-road improvements. We built the highest pier and longest balanced cantilever bridge in our country with Eğiste Hadimi Viaduct in Konya. With this project, we have put a seal on the Taurus Mountains by uninterruptedly connecting the Mediterranean Region and the Central Anatolia Region. We are currently continuing to work on 8 separate projects such as Konya Ring Road, Alacabel Tunnel, Konya-Ereğli-Ulukışla Road, Akşehir-Yunak Road. "Their project cost is approximately 26,5 billion liras," he said.
“WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO STRENGTHEN KONYA'S RAILWAY NETWORK”
Emphasizing that they have made very important investments to strengthen Konya's railway network, Minister Uraloğlu continued as follows:
As you know, we started the KONYARAY Project. With our project with a total length of 45,9 km; We will provide fast and economical public transportation services and improve freight transportation between Konya Train Station, City Center, OIZs and Industrial areas, Airport, Logistics Center and Pınarbaşı. We will build the project in 3 separate stages. We will increase the total number of lines to four by adding a new line between the 28 km Konya Train Station and Kayacık Logistics Center, which is the first stage of our project, for which we delivered the site on April 19,7 last year. We will operate YHT on 2 lines, and KONYARAY suburban and conventional trains on 2 lines. With its newly built stations, modern, fast and comfortable operating system, this line will be at the service of the people of Konya with its surface metro feature. This system, which includes 13 stations, will also serve the industrial zone. Like this; "We will also reduce the traffic congestion experienced during working hours."
“OUR MINISTRY WILL PROVIDE A 55,6 KILOMETER RAIL SYSTEM LINE TO KONYA”
Minister Uraloğlu said, “Konya is one of the most important cities that our ministry supports in the execution of urban rail system lines works. Both our ministry and Konya Metropolitan Municipality are developing new projects for new urban rail system projects consisting of metro and tram lines that will relieve Konya's urban traffic density. These lines; The 20-kilometer Selçuk University-Aladdin Light Rail System Line is the 10-kilometer-long second stage of the City Hospital-Stadium Tram Line, the first stage of which was tendered to our metropolitan municipality. 10 kilometers long Necmettin Erbakan University-Aladdin Rail System Line and 15,6 kilometers long Fetih Caddesi-Ahmet Özcan Tram Line. In summary, our Ministry will bring 55,6 kilometers of rail system line to Konya.”
MINISTER URALOĞLU THANKS MAYOR ALTAY
Minister Uraloğlu underlined that under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, they will make every effort to achieve the goals they set for the development of Konya, the development of society and the Turkey Century, as they have done so far, and said:
“The people of Konya have always defended the right and stood by the right and the just. I wholeheartedly believe that in the March 31 local elections, together with Konya Metropolitan Municipality, we will bring all district mayors to the People's Alliance. We will implement all the projects we planned together with our Metropolitan Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay, who was re-nominated by the AK Party. I hope that the rail system lines we will bring to Konya will be beneficial, and I would like to thank our Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay and his valuable team for their harmonious work with us at all times.”
Following the speeches, the Sedirler Bridge Interchange, which was brought to the city by Konya Metropolitan Municipality, was opened.
MINISTER URALOĞLU CONGRATULATED MAYOR ALTAY FOR HIS WORK IN HATAY
Sharing his thoughts about Konya Metropolitan Municipality's support for Hatay during the February 6 earthquakes during the ribbon cutting, Minister Uraloğlu said, “Being with everyone is not really everyone's cup of tea. We experienced an earthquake and I was there for exactly 2 months. We saw what a municipality could do in that earthquake with our Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor in Hatay. I say God bless you again. I congratulate you for this service. It was really necessary to touch people that day, we all touched together and we also saw Konya Metropolitan Municipality to heal the wounds of our grieving brothers there. That's why municipalities are especially valuable to us in this sense, from the metropolitan city to the district. Now we have introduced the rail system. Above ground is no longer enough for us, we have to go underground. This culture also exists in Konya. Therefore, he said, "I hope that Allah Almighty will grant us the ability to keep our promises with the projects we have introduced here with a nice collaboration."
