When Will Altunizade Çamlıca Metro Construction Begin?

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu made important statements about the Altunizade-Çamlıca-Bosna Boulevard Metro Line and Kazlıçeşme-Sirkeci Rail System and Pedestrian Focused new generation transportation projects, which thousands of Istanbulites are eagerly waiting for.

Karaismailoğlu stated that they have made approximately 120 percent physical progress in the 37,5 kilometer Beşiktaş (Gayrettepe)- Kağıthane-Eyüp-Istanbul Airport Subway, which will have the title of “Turkey's Fastest Subway” with 95 kilometers per hour. He explained that the Gayrettepe-Kağıthane crossing is planned to be put into operation as of the second quarter of 2022.

Another line is 31,5 kilometers from Küçükçekmece (HalkalıNoting that there is Başakşehir-Arnavutköy-Istanbul Airport Metro, Minister of Transport Karaismailoğlu made the following evaluations:

“We have completed 71 percent of our tunnel work. We plan to complete the entire project by the end of 2022. With the Sabiha Gökçen-Pendik Kaynarca Metro at another international airport of Istanbul, we are integrating this place into the metro lines. Kadıköy-We will connect the Kartal-Kaynarca Rail System Line to Sabiha Gökçen Airport with this 7,4 kilometer long line. We achieved 87 percent physical realization. We plan to complete this project in the first quarter of 2022. Another project in Istanbul, the Bakırköy (IDO)-Bahçelievler-Güngören-Bağcılar Kirazlı Metro, which will directly connect the Kirazlı- Başakşehir Line with Bakırköy İDO, has a physical realization of nearly 60 percent. We will put the line into service at the end of 2022. Since Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality did not do it, we took over; We aim to complete the 6,2 km Başakşehir-Çam and SakuraŞehir Hospital-Kayaşehir Metro, which we started to work on last year, in a short period of 18 months. On the other hand, we are adding 2 new metro lines to Istanbul. We started to work on the Altunizade-Çamlıca-Bosna Boulevard Metro Line and Kazlıçeşme-Sirkeci Rail System and pedestrian-oriented new generation transportation projects.”