By Lynda Myer
Noting that the first half of 2024 is the determined date for completion of the Altunizade-Çamlıca-Bosna Boulevard Metro Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu said: “Our line is approximately 4,5 kilometers connecting Üsküdar-Ümraniye Çekmeköy Metro and metrobus lines to Çamlıca, Ferah Mahallesi and Bosna Boulevard. It is a rail system project with a length of 4 stations. The travel time between Bosnia Boulevard and Gayrettepe will be 19 minutes, and the travel time between Bosna Boulevard and Çekmeköy will be 32 minutes.”
As Karaismailoğlu stated, the environmental, comfortable, safe, fast and technological transportation projects are due to be continued. Karaismailoğlu also added: “As you know, we equip Istanbul with modern rail system networks to make it one of the cities with the most developed transportation infrastructure in Europe and the world. We are implementing the world’s most original and modern urban rail system projects one by one. We have left behind a year in which the metro construction works continued successfully and the projects were now at the completion stage. Kadıköy We opened the 7,4-kilometer-long metro line, which we extended the Kartal metro from Pendik to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, on October 2, together with our President, and put it into service. Now we have other lines. First of all, this month, we will open the 32-kilometer Kağıthane-Istanbul Airport Metro Line, whose manufacturing processes are completed and signaling tests are ongoing. Then Başakşehir-Pine and Sakura City Hospital-Kayaşehir Metro Line, and then; We will also complete the Gayrettepe-Kağıthane Metro Line, Kazlıçeşme-Sirkeci Rail System and Pedestrian Focused New Generation Transportation Project, and Bakırköy-Kirazlı Metro Line projects, and put them at the disposal of Istanbul residents. As soon as our Istanbul Airport Metro Lines are opened, they will be among the most original urban rail system projects in the world. With a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, it will be put into the service of Istanbul and the world as a result of our work storm as the fastest in Turkey.”
“Our line is a 4,5-kilometer-long 4 station connecting Üsküdar-Ümraniye Çekmeköy Metro and metrobus lines to Çamlıca, the spacious neighborhood and the Bosna Boulevard. rail system project. It will serve Çamlıca Hill and the densely populated Kısıklı, Ferah, Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Yavuztürk Neighborhoods. These regions are the most visited areas for both touristic and religious purposes. Within the scope of the project, a total of 4 thousand 615 meters of tunnels will be manufactured. Until today, we have made progress at the level of 10 percent by opening an average of 36 meters of tunnels per day with uninterrupted work. We completed 542 of the 412 bored piles at the stations and increased the progress level to 76 percent. With the commissioning of the project, which will be integrated with the Üsküdar-Ümraniye-Çekmeköy Metro from Altunizade Station and the metrobus line in Altunizade; Travel time between Bosnia Boulevard – Gayrettepe is 19 minutes, travel time between Bosna Boulevard – Çekmeköy is 32 minutes, travel time between Ferah Mahallesi – Söğütlüçeşme is 11 minutes, travel time between Ferah Mahallesi – Taksim is 33 minutes, travel time between Ferah Mahallesi – Sabiha Gökçen Airport is 50 minutes and the travel time between Bosnia Boulevard and Istanbul Airport will be 50 minutes. As you know, with all the works we have built, we also make great profits by saving time, fuel, and highway operation and maintenance costs,” stated Karaismailoğlu.
