Fahrettin Altay-İzmir Metropolitan Municipality continued its works in Narlıdere Metro without any interruption and held an introductory meeting showing the developments in the project to be completed in 2022. Mayor Soyer said, ede We are taking firm steps towards the goal in the biggest project followed by all İzmir. ”

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerNarlıdere Mayor Ali Engin explained the construction works of the Narlıdere Metro, which will facilitate urban transportation in İzmir, to the council members of the Balçova and Narlıdere districts and the neighborhood headmen. The President, who toured the construction site with a large delegation and received information from the authorities Tunç Soyeralso answered the questions of the headmen and council members about the construction of the subway. The participants, who went down to the underground tunnel where giant tunnel diggers called TBM work together, examined the works on site. In the presentation made before the tour, it was announced that when the construction is completed, two parking lots for 415 vehicles will be built at Balçova Station, and two parking lots for 223 vehicles at Narlıdere District Governor's Office.

When the works are completed, a passenger taking the subway from Bornova EVKA-3 to Narlıdere will be able to go uninterrupted. The journey with the eco-friendly rail system in İzmir will reach 186,5 kilometers. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality aims to further reduce traffic congestion with its expanding metro network and to minimize the use of transportation-induced fossil fuels that cause climate crisis. The new metro line 7,2 will be km-long. Starting from Balçova district and ending in Narlıdere district, the entire line will pass underground. 1 open-close stations, 6 underground stations, 4 scissors tunnels, 9 production shafts and 2 storage lines will be connected.

Opening on 2022

Speaking at the introductory meeting, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer “This project is the biggest project that İzmir really follows and expects, and we are taking firm steps towards the goal. The most valuable project with a seamless calendar. Many investments were left unfinished due to the economic crisis across the country. Despite everything, we are continuing the construction of the subway, it is possible with very serious effort and concentration. Thank you to everyone who supported this effort. GÜLERMAK is a proud company of Turkey. We use a technology seen in exemplary projects in the world.” Saying that a truly developed city is one where even the rich prefer public transportation, not even the poor use cars, Soyer said, “With this understanding, we chose to develop public transportation as our goal. We will continue to equip İzmir with a light rail system and a metro. We will open it together at the end of 2022," he said.

155 digits 30 meter underground

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer, with mayors, council members and headmen, went down the 30-step ladder 155 meters below the ground and examined the works on site. Entering the tunnel, which has advanced 600 meters, Soyer said, “A story that should be on Turkey's agenda is a place that gives hope with its existence while people are experiencing such pessimism while there are so many wars. While investments have stopped in many places, this project, which works here and is perhaps one of the biggest investments in Turkey, continues rapidly. I am proud of all of them, from the engineer to the worker, from the controller to the worker. In six months, 50 percent of the work will be finished. In other words, we will enter a period where the work will progress faster, and then it will be much easier," he said.

Two 450 ton giants

The first of two giant tunnel boring machines called TBMs started to be produced in Narlıdere Metro, which is under construction. The other is in the process of being established. Even made a deep tunnel technique, are likely to occur during work traffic, infrastructure and social life problems to a minimum downloaded. Modern tunnel boring machines, but also allows it to more secure tunnel construction.

100-ton giant tunnel boring machines, 6,6 meters long and 450 meters in diameter, will excavate an average of 20 meters per day. advanced tunneling activities of increasing importance in the world CPCs due functions "underground tunnel factory" as they being described. These “giant moles”, as they say among the people, carry out tunnel excavation and support works together. CPCs are featured with extraordinary powers, versatile cutter can easily adapt to hard rock ground conditions along with the head. 100 meters long with the terms of the largest business machines located between Izmir CPCs size of the world's 72-meter passenger aircraft Airbus 380 even outperforms.

It's all going underground.

İzmir Metro is the 4th stage F. Altay- line was laid in the foundation of Narlidere June 10, 2018. The tender price for the duration of the work that was planned 1 billion 27 million TL in 42 months. 7 consisting station even Urla, Contemporary, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Narlıdere, Sites, and governorship Ranks finally stops