About M5 Üsküdar Ümraniye Çekmeköy Metro Line

The M5 Üsküdar Ümraniye Çekmeköy metro line is a 20 kilometer-long subway on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, the first station of which is Üsküdar and the last station is Çekmeköy. M16 Kadıköy- It is the second metro of the Anatolian Side after the Kavşantepe line. The part of the line between Üsküdar and Ümraniye (Yamanevler) was opened on 15 December 2017 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and the accompanying delegation.

Historical

The metro, which was originally thought as a light metro, was later transformed into a heavy metro, just like the M4 Line. The tender of the metro, which has been on the agenda many times, has been postponed frequently. The tender date for the line was originally planned for 2011 August 9, but was postponed to 26 August. The tender was made on 15 September 2011. Doğuş Group, which submitted the tender with the lowest bid, kazanis gone. The contract was signed on 7 March 2012 and the cost is 563,899,995.32 €. The groundbreaking was officially laid on June 6, 2012. According to the contract, the completion date of the work was May 4, 2015, but the first stage was opened on December 15, 2017. The second phase of the line was opened with a ceremony at Çekmeköy station on October 21, 2018.

In addition, the construction of the third phase of the line, Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe-Sultanbeyli extension, has been started.

integrations 

Construction of Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe-Sultanbeyli part of the line, which is the 3rd stage, has started, and considering the extension to Sabiha Gökçen Airport for the 4th stage, the airport will be reached by 2 metro lines on the north and south axis.

In addition, from Üsküdar station to Marmaray line, from Altunizade station to Metrobus line, from Çarşı station to M12 (Göztepe 60.Yıl Parkı - Kazım Karabekir) metro line, M8 Bostancı - Dudullu Metro, which is under construction from Dudullu station, and finally Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe- In the 3rd stage, which was started to be extended to Sultanbeyli, from Sarıgazi station; It was integrated into the M13 Hospital-Newborn metro line under construction. 

Line Information 

• 20 km drilling and cut and cover outline tunnel.
• 16 stations.
• 2.750 meters connection tunnel.
• 126 Driverless Metro vehicle.

Metro vehicles manufactured in Spain on 23 November landed at Çakmak station on rails. Üsküdar-Ümraniye (Yamanevler), which was the first stage, was put into service on 15 December. The second stage was opened on 21 October 2018 at Çekmeköy station with a ceremony. The construction of the third stage is ongoing.

Uskudar Umraniye Cekmekoy Metro stations

Number	Station	Transfer	Kind
1	Uskudar	Marmaray	Underground
2	Fıstıkağacı		Underground
3	Bağlarbaşı		Underground
4	altunizade	Metrobus, M14	Underground
5	Kısıklı		Underground
6	Bulgurlu		Underground
7	Umraniye		Underground
8	Bazaar	M12	Underground
9	Yamanevler		Underground
10	Lighter		Underground
11	Ihlamurkuyu		Underground
12	Altınşehir		Underground
13	Imam Hatip		Underground
14	dudullu	M8	Underground
15	Necip Fazil		Underground
16	Çekmeköy		Underground
↓↓ Under Construction ↓↓
17	Assembly Quarter		Underground
18	Sarıgazi	M13	Underground
19	Buoy		Underground
20	Contact Abdurrahman directly		Underground
21	Sancaktepe		Underground
22	View Veysel's Full Profile		Underground
23	Hasanpaşa		Underground
24	Sultanbeyli		Underground

Station Features 

stations	Escalator	Marching band	Elevator (platform-turnstile floor)	Lift (turnstile floor-street level)	Number of exits
Uskudar	14	No	2	2	4
Fıstıkağacı	8	No	1	3	2
Bağlarbaşı	18	No	1	3	5
altunizade	27	4	2	7	7
Kısıklı	4	No	3	10	1
Bulgurlu	12	No	1	2	2
Umraniye	8	No	1	1	2
Bazaar	18	No	1	1	3
Yamanevler	8	No	1	1	2
Lighter	8	No	1	2	2
Ihlamurkuyu	8	No	1	1	2
Altınşehir	13	No	1	1	2
Imam Hatip High School	9	No	1	2	2
dudullu	18	No	1	2	2
Necip Fazil	10	No	2	2	3
Çekmeköy	12	No	2	4	2