The scope, route, stops, connections, cars and history of Uskudar-Cekmekoy metro:

Project overview

• Owner: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
• Phases:
  1. Uskudar-Yamanevler (commissioned in 2017)
  2. Yamanevler-Cekmekoy (commissioned in 2018)
• Contractor:
  • construction and electromechanic: Dogus Insaat
  • Rolling stock: Mitsubishi
• Contract date: 3/2012
• Contract duration: 1140 days
• Contract deadline: 4/2015
• Contract value:
  • construction and electromechanic: € 563 mn
  • Rolling stock: € 119 mn
• Commission date:
  • 1st phase: 12/2017
  • 2nd phase: 10/2018

Route

Stops/connections

Uskudar (Marmaray) – Fistikagaci – Baglarbasi – Altunizade (metrobus) – Kisikli – Bulgurlu – Umraniye – Carsi (Goztepe-Umraniye metro) – Yamanevler – Cakmak – Ihlamurkuyu – Altinsehir – Imam Hatip Lisesi – Dudullu (Bostanci-Dudullu metro) – Necip Fazil – Cekmekoy (Cekmekoy-Sultanbeyli metro extension)

Project details

Üsküdar-Çekmeköy metro is the first driverless metro of Turkey. Platform screen doors are started to be used here for the first time in Turkey.

• Line length: 20 km
• Travel time: 27 min

Targets

• 700k daily ridership

Rolling Stock

Sets are produced by CAF and train management system is prepared by Mitsubishi (21 sets, 126 cars)

Ridership

• 1.27 mn (2017, 15 days)

Cover photo: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi ©