Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, with the commissioning of Turkey's deepest metro station Gayrettepe Station, our airport metro line will be integrated with Metrobus and Yenikapı-Taksim-Hacıosman Metro Line. The accessibility function of the line will improve, and at the same time, Şişli and Beşiktaş will be connected to Kağıthane and Eyüp districts by metro.' Uraloğlu personally examined the field works in the Kağıthane-Gayrettepe stage, the last link of Turkey's fastest subway Gayrettepe-Istanbul Airport Subway Line, and received information from the authorities. Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made statements about the metro works after the examinations.
TURKEY'S DEEPEST METRO STATION
Minister Uraloğlu, who said that they are happy to be close to the end of the 3,5-kilometer-long Kağıthane-Gayrettepe stage, which includes Gayrettepe Station, said: “With the commissioning of Gayrettepe Station, which is the deepest metro station in Turkey with its 72 meters depth, our airport metro line Metrobus. and Yenikapı-Taksim-Hacıosman Metro Line. The accessibility function of the line will improve and at the same time, Şişli and Beşiktaş will be connected to Kağıthane and Eyüp districts by metro.”
Stating that 67 thousand cubic meters of concrete production was completed for the construction of this station, they built a 23 thousand square meter closed area and they are working on pedestrian simulations to provide perfect access, Uraloğlu stated that they are planning 32 escalators and 8 elevators and that they are nearing the end in electromechanical productions.
At the end of the certification process, the Gayrettepe-Kağıthane section will be completed and the project will be put into service as a whole, thus the line length will increase to 37,5 kilometers and the number of stations will increase to 9, Minister Uraloğlu said, “Our fellow citizens of Istanbul; to Istanbul Airport KabataşThey will reach the Mahmutbey Metro Line in a safe, fast and economical way with the direct rail system. With the project; Travel time between Gayrettepe and Istanbul Airport will be 30 minutes, between Göktürk and Mahmutbey 38 minutes, between Tekstilkent-Istanbul Airport 45 minutes, between Taksim and Istanbul Airport 41 minutes, between Taksim and Göktürk 26 minutes, and between 4. Levent and Istanbul Airport 35 minutes. " said.
10 EXCAVATIONS WERE USED AT THE SAME TIME IN A METRO PROJECT
Expressing the importance of the project, Uraloğlu said: “First of all, with a length of 37,5 kilometers, it was the longest metro in Turkey that was tendered at once. In order for our line to be put into service as soon as possible, we used 10 excavation machines simultaneously in a metro project for the first time in Turkey. The care shown in the excavation operations carried out very successfully and the effort and effort of the Turkish Engineer and worker; It gave birth to world records in excavation speed among machines of this diameter. We broke excavation records with the excavation machine (TBM), 64,5 meters per day, 333 meters per week, and 1.233 meters per month. Turkey's fastest metro vehicles, with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, are also used on this line.” said.
Uraloğlu stated that for the first time, with a project supported by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure with domestic and national resources, the signaling system developed by Aselsan and TÜBİTAK in cooperation is used in this metro line, adding that the total economic gain in the 2023-year projection between 2043-20 is approximately 2 billion 640 million. He stated that it would be in Euros.
A NEW ERA STARTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE METRO LINE IN THE CENTURY OF Türkiye
Uraloğlu stated that the train signaling and interface works will be implemented with domestic facilities and vehicles with domestic electrical systems and batteries will be used, and said, “Now, everything from the construction phase of our metro lines to the electrification and signaling phase is the product of Turkish technique and engineering; will be national and local”, he stated that very big projects will be completed and put into service in the first year of the Turkish Century, and that they have implemented the world's most original and respected urban rail system projects in Istanbul.
Uraloğlu: “Marmaray was one of the most important indicators and concrete steps of our country's proactive policy and global vision in recent years. This project, which provides uninterrupted transportation from East Asia to Western Europe, from Beijing to London, has formed the most important part of the Modern Silk Railway. With the Başakşehir - Kayaşehir Metro, which we opened on April 8, 2023, the 127 and a half kilometers line was put into service. Currently, Istanbul's rail system network is approximately 339 kilometers and the Bakırköy (IDO)-Bahçelievler-Kirazlı Metro line, which is under construction, Halkalı- Başakşehir-Istanbul Airport Metro line, Kazlıçeşme - Sirkeci Rail System and Pedestrian Focused New Generation Transportation Project and Altunizade - Ferah Mahallesi - Çamlıca Mosque - Bosnia Boulevard Metro Line and the Gayrettepe - Kağıthane stage, where we are currently meeting, this figure is completed. It will rise to 395 kilometers,” he said.
Minister Uraloğlu noted that when the projects are completed, as the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, more than 50 percent of Istanbul's rail system network will be completed and will be offered to the citizens of Istanbul. Uraloğlu noted that as the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, they have implemented very important urban rail system projects so that the lives of citizens living in big cities do not turn into a nightmare.
Uraloğlu stated that 12 kilometers of 922 kilometers of urban rail system lines under operation in 395 provinces across the country have been built by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, and that a total of 8 kilometers of rail system line construction has been carried out in 81 projects currently under construction by the Ministry in provinces such as Kocaeli, Kayseri and Konya. expressed.
Uraloğlu underlined that as the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, they have invested more than 21 billion liras in Istanbul's transportation and communication infrastructure in the last 665 years, and that they spent 212,5 billion liras, 32 percent of this amount, on Istanbul's railway transportation networks:
“As the Ministry to date, Marmaray, Eurasia Tunnel, Istanbul Airport, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Northern Marmara Highway, Istanbul-Izmir Highway, Istanbul-Ankara
We have proven our success by successfully completing many prestigious projects such as our YHT Line and metro projects. As you can see, the new ones continue successfully. We moved Istanbul to a completely different point beyond dreams. No one should doubt that our love of service to Istanbul will never end and our projects and investments that will carry Istanbul to the future will continue without slowing down.” He concluded his speech.