Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu traveled on the Kağıthane-Istanbul Airport metro. Minister Karaismiloğlu said, “There is a really big breakthrough in railway investments throughout Turkey. Currently, the total cost of our rail system investments across Turkey is 27 billion dollars. We brought Istanbul Airport together with the metro. Hopefully, we will meet with high-speed trains in the coming years," he said.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu examined the metro works in Gayrettepe in the morning. Then he made a transfer to the Kağıthane metro by using the Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey metro line. Minister Karaismailoğlu took the metro from Kağıthane stop and traveled to Istanbul Airport. With passengers on the subway during the journey sohbet he did. After the trip, Karaismailoğlu made statements to the press at Istanbul Airport.
WE FINISHED A PROJECT THAT CAN BE AN EXAMPLE TO THE WHOLE WORLD
Providing information about the lines under construction, Karaismailoğlu said that when the 69-kilometer ring is completed, a citizen in Arnavutköy in Başakşehir will have the opportunity to reach Beşiktaş, Mecidiyeköy, Şişli Gayrettepe in the comfort of the metro. Karaismailoğlu, emphasizing that this is a very valuable job for Istanbul, which is developing and growing, said, “It is these big infrastructure investments that will save Istanbul. As the Ministry, we will continue to weave all four sides of Istanbul with such high quality and comfortable transportation networks. Istanbul Airport is the apple of the eye of the world and the transit center of the world. It served 65 million passengers last year, hopefully we will exceed 70 million this year at Istanbul Airport. Likewise, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is growing in parallel with this. It also had 30 million passengers, and it will exceed 30 million next year. In other words, mobility in every aspect is increasing and growing in Istanbul. As the Ministry in Istanbul, we have made huge investments as the AK Party governments. These investments paved the way for Istanbul. Istanbul is truly one of the few cities in the world, and Istanbul, the apple of its eye, continues to serve the whole world in this way. These investments pave the way for Istanbul, in fact, pave the way for Turkey, and they will continue to increase. We will increase this comfort even more by establishing a quality business and providing a quality service here. That's why our citizens are proudly traveling on the Kağıthane-Istanbul Airport metro line, a 34-kilometer metro line where the world's best quality works are carried out. We have completed a project that can set an example for the whole world.”
WE WILL MEET ISTANBUL AIRPORT ON FAST TRAINS IN THE COMING YEARS
Noting that they have made and will continue to make significant investments in rail systems throughout Turkey, Karaismailoğlu said, “We are currently talking about an investment of 27 billion dollars in rail systems throughout Turkey. There is a feverish work in our 4 km high-speed train network between cities, as in the inner city subways. We will complete our fruits in the coming days. We will finish our lines one by one. Again, we brought Istanbul Airport together with the metro, I hope we will bring it together on high-speed trains in the coming years. In other words, Istanbul is becoming a full-fledged transportation city,” he said.
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