Istanbul Monorail

Istanbul Monorail is a proposed monorail mass transit system in Istanbul, Turkey. It will be in use in the first half of 2019.

The monorail line will be between Küçükçekmece and Başakşehir via Sefaköy. The length of the line will be 15 km (9.3 mi) and the total travel time between the termini will take 27 minutes. It will capable of carrying hourly 15,000 riders in one direction. 30 Trains will serve 17 monorail stations as Sefaköy, Armoni Park, Borusan, Sanayi, Gümrük Yolu, Halkalı Merkez, Toki-1, Toki-2, Arena Park (Atakent), Masko, Ziya Gökalp, Atatürk Oto Sanayi 1, Atatürk Oto Sanayi 2, Başakkonutları, Onurkent, Oyakkentand Fatih Terim Stadium. The monorail line will connect to metro lines of Kirazlı-Halkalı at Halkalı Merkez station, of Yenikapı-İncirli-Sefaköy-Beylikdüzü at Sefaköy, of Mahmutbey-Bahçeşehir-Esenyurt at Arena Park and of Otogar-Bağcılar-Başakşehir at Başakşehir Konutları station.[1][2]

The project is governed by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The tender for the construction of the monorail system was won by Alsim, a subsidiary of Alarko Holding. It was reported that the construction will begin in April 2017. The completion of the project is expected for the first half of 2019. The construction cost is budgeted to 1.292 billion (approx. US$ 350 million).[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Belediye açıkladı: İstanbul'a havaray geliyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. 1 2 "Havaray ihalesini Alarko kazandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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