Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Halkalı-He came together with the workers working at the Istanbul Airport Metro Line Construction Site at the iftar program. Uraloğlu, Halkalı-He said that when the Istanbul Airport-Gayrettepe Metro Project is completed, it will be one of the longest metro lines in the world in the metro class that is completely underground. Minister Uraloğlu said that with the line in question, HalkalıHe stated that the travel time between Gayrettepe will be reduced to 57 minutes and said, “We aim to open our line at the end of 2025.”
“We are implementing the world's most original and respected urban rail system projects”
Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that they are a very big family and members of an investor ministry that builds the transportation and communication infrastructure of Türkiye with its railwaymen, sailors, communicators, road workers and aviation workers, and said, “Together with you, we are equipping Istanbul with modern rail system networks from one end to the other in order to make it one of the cities with the most developed transportation infrastructure in Europe and the world. We are implementing the most original and respected urban rail system projects in the world one by one.”
Uraloğlu, the project of the century, MARMARAY and Gebze-Halkalı He noted that along with the Suburban Line, they have completed and put into service many urban rail system lines such as Gayrettepe-Kağıthane-İstanbul Airport Metro and İstanbul Airport-Arnavutköy section, Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme Rail System Line, Levent-Hisarüstü Metro, Pendik-Sabiha Gökçen Airport Metro, Başakşehir-Çam and Sakura City Hospital-Kayaşehir Metro, Bakırköy Sahil-Bahçelievler-Güngören-Bağcılar Kirazlı Metro.
“The length of the line we offer throughout Istanbul is 161,8 kilometers.”
Halkalı-Reminding that they opened the 14-kilometer Arnavutköy-Istanbul Airport section of the Istanbul Airport Metro line in March last year, Uraloğlu said, “Thus, we increased the length of the line we built and put into service throughout Istanbul to 161,8 kilometers. Currently; Halkalı-Our Istanbul Airport line Halkalı"We continue construction work on the Arnavutköy Section and Altunizade-Çamlıca Mosque-Bosna Boulevard Metro," he said.
“We Carried Approximately 14 Million Passengers on the 2.9-Kilometer Section”
31,5 kilometers long Halkalı- Stating that the Istanbul Airport Metro consists of 7 stations, Uraloğlu made the following statements in his statement:
“As an integrated connection with Arnavutköy-Istanbul Airport-Gayrettepe; Istanbul Airport with High Speed Train at Kağıthane Station; Mahmutbey-Mecidiyeköy-Kabataş We have also integrated the Metro Line with the Yenikapı-Hacıosman Metro and Metrobüs at Gayrettepe Station. Since March 19, 2024, that is, from the opening until today, we have carried approximately 14 million passengers with only this 2.9-kilometer section of the line.”
“We will have completed a 69-kilometer ring line”
Providing information about the latest status of the project, Uraloğlu said, “We have completed a total of 6,6 meters of tunnel excavations using 8 TBMs with a diameter of 55 meters in the main line tunnels. We have achieved 600 percent progress in tunnel lining concrete production.”
Uraloğlu also noted that they have completed 99,9 percent of the reinforced concrete manufacturing in the stations, switch structures and service stations.
Uraloğlu said, “We have made 85 percent progress in the fine construction works of the stations. We have completed 99 percent of the line superstructure and railway manufacturing in the line tunnels. We have made 80 percent progress in the electromechanical works. In fact, my friends, when we finish this section, Halkalı"Under the name of the Istanbul Airport-Gayrettepe Metro project; we will have completed a 69-kilometer ring line, which will be one of the longest metro lines in the world in the metro class, which is completely underground."
Uraloğlu, Fenertepe, Kayaşehir, Olympic Village, which are currently under construction, Halkalı Stadium and Halkalı He stated that finishing works, landscaping works and electromechanical manufacturing are continuing at the stations.
When the project is completed Halkalı-30 minutes from Istanbul Airport, Halkalı- Between Göktürk in 43 minutes, Halkalı- Between Kağıthane in 54 minutes, Halkalı-Emphasizing that they will start to travel between Gayrettepe in 57 minutes and Başakşehir (Metrocity)-Kağıthane in 48 minutes, Uraloğlu said, “We plan to complete all our construction work in the middle of 2025. We aim to open our line by the end of 2025 by completing the testing and commissioning processes of our metro vehicles that will operate on the line by the end of the year. Thus, Halkalı“The entire Istanbul Airport-Gayrettepe Metro Project will be put into service,” he said.
