The opening of Marmaras will relieve the traffic load of the Bosphorus bridges

The opening of the Marmaray Bosphorus to ease the traffic burden of the bridge: two sides of Istanbul will unite under the sea 153-year dream, the Marmaray, the establishment of 90 the Republic of Turkey. 29 opens on Tuesday, October
President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Erdoğan and some foreign statesmen are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony of the 'Project of the Century ın, which was launched by Sultan Abdülmecid in 1860 and will be held at the entrance of the Marmaray Üsküdar.
The first railway tunnel, which was planned to pass through the Bosphorus, was drafted in 1860 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid. The figure shows a tunnel and standing cross sections on the columns and floating in the sea.
It was planned to pass the tunnel under the sea, but it was understood that the tunnel would not be built on or under the seabed by the old techniques. Upon this, the tunnel was planned to be placed on the columns built under the sea.
Such ideas and ideas were further evaluated in the following 20-30 year-round and a similar design was developed in 1902. In this design, a railway tunnel under the Bosporus and placed on the seabed was envisaged.
Since then, many different ideas and ideas have been tried, new technologies have given more freedom to design.
Within the scope of the Marmaray Project, the technique to be used for passing the Bosphorus (immersed tube tunnel technique) 19. was developed from the end of the century.
The demand for the construction of a public transport link between the east and the west of Istanbul, passing under the Bosphorus, increased gradually in the early years of the 1980 and as a result, the first comprehensive feasibility study was carried out and reported in 1987. As a result of this study, it was determined that such a connection was technically feasible and cost effective. Today's route was chosen as the best of a series of routes.
Turkey and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a financing deal 1999. This loan agreement was the basis for the project's funding for the Istanbul Railway Bosphorus Tube Crossing (Marmaray).
The construction of Marmaray, which includes the construction of the 4 station with the Bosphorus tube passage and approach tunnels, began in August of 2004. The project was planned to be put into operation in April of 2009, but due to the prolongation of the archaeological studies between Yenikapı and Sirkeci, the process has been sagging.
Studies continue to last speed
1,5 age-old dream that will unite Asia and Europe from under the sea, 90 of the foundation of the Republic. 29 will be held on Tuesday, October at 15.00.
In the days before the opening of Marmaray, one of the most important projects of the world, the final preparations are made at the stations.
President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and some foreign guests are expected to participate in the opening ceremony, will be held in Üsküdar.
Thousands of people have labor
Railway tunnel that will pass under the Bosphorus, with Gebze-Sogutlucesme Halkalı-Kazlıçeşme to connect with the suburban lines. Improvement of suburban lines is still ongoing. With the ceremony in October, the project will open under the Bosphorus.
Marmaray will go underground in Yedikule after Kazlıçeşme; Yenikapı and Sirkeci, which are the new underground stations, will travel through the Bosphorus and proceed from Üsküdar, another new underground station, to surface in Ayrılıkçeşme and reach Söğütlüçeşme. The length of this section will be approximately 13,5 kilometers.
Marmaray, where thousands of people have worked so far, tested the equipment at the end of May this year, while in August the test drive of the vehicles to be operated in the system was carried out.
Travel times
With the commissioning of the suburban lines on both sides, Gebze and Halkalı 105 from Bostancı and Bakırköy, 37 from Söğütlüçeşme and Yenikapı, 12 from Üsküdar and Sirkeci will be 4 minutes.
Gebze-Halkalı commuter line in GebzeHalkalı The 2-10 will be carried out once in a minute and will be provided with an 75 passenger capacity per hour in one direction.
The traffic load of the Bosphorus bridges will ease.
It was calculated that the total system will be opened in the year and the total savings will be about 13 million hours.
Marmaray, which will increase the share of rail systems within the city transportation and will significantly reduce the traffic problem of Istanbul, will be connected to the Istanbul-Ankara High Speed ​​Train Line as well as the Istanbul Metro.
Ticket fiyatları
The ticket prices to be applied in Marmaray will be around 1,95 lira at the level of city transportation prices. Istanbulkart, Marmaray will also pass.
Meanwhile, Marmaray will attract attention with its artistic structures at its stations.
Sirkeci Station and walking located at the southern entrance of the stairs, 61 meters in length feature carries with Turkey being the longest escalator.