Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that the 3-kilometer Kocaeli City Hospital Tram Line, which will connect the city center and Kocaeli City Hospital after the rail system lines built consecutively from Istanbul, will be put into service on March 17. Uraloğlu said, “With this project, transportation to Kocaeli City Hospital, located outside the city, will be reduced to 15 minutes. "Our line, which will have 5 stations, will carry 210 thousand citizens a day," he said. Uraloğlu stated that, as the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, they continue the 416 Kilometer urban rail system project across the country.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Uraloğlu emphasized that one of the easiest and fastest ways of transportation, especially in metropolitan cities, is rail systems such as metro and tram, and said that they attach great importance to the development of the rail system network in this context. Uraloğlu said, “As the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, we carry out very important urban rail system projects so that the lives of our citizens, especially those living in big cities, do not turn into a nightmare due to traffic. "We do not stop providing service to our citizens without distinguishing between cities and municipalities," he said. In this context, Uraloğlu stated that they have designed the tram line that will facilitate transportation to Kocaeli City Hospital, and reminded that they started the construction of the line by signing the contract in November 2022.
City Hospital will be reduced to 15 minutes
Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that they completed the construction of the 3,1 kilometer line, consisting of five stations, Kanal Road, Turan Güneş, Başaran, FTR and City Hospital, in less than a year and a half, and said, "We will save our citizens of Izmit from traffic trouble with our City Hospital Tram line, which will be put into service as of March 17." . Transportation to Kocaeli City Hospital, located outside the city, will be reduced to 15 minutes and our line will carry 210 thousand citizens a day. "Our line will also be integrated with the Plajyolu tram line from the Bus Station," he said.
“We Continue the 416 Kilometer Urban Rail System Project”
Explaining that 12,4 kilometers of rails were manufactured within the scope of the project and that they completed the reinforced concrete and architectural works of 5 stations, Uralığlu said, “We manufactured a total of 40 thousand 819 m3 of concrete and 5 thousand 975 tons of iron. We also completed the production of 8 thousand 500 m3 of Stone Wall, 3 thousand 980 m2 of Stone Pereval and 2 thousand 400 meters of Bored Piles. We also carried out the electromechanical manufacturing and signal manufacturing of our project. We commissioned a project much larger than it appeared in a short time. Because, since 2003, under the leadership of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we have made great progress with huge investments in the railways sector, as well as great progress in urban rail transportation systems throughout our country, especially in our big cities. We did not underestimate any project. We did not allow delays in any project. As the Ministry, we continue the 416 kilometer urban rail system project across Turkey. "We continue the construction of a total of 60,7 kilometers of rail system lines in Istanbul, Kocaeli and Bursa," he said.
