Kirazli-Bakirkoy metro (M3)

By Onur Uysal on 15 Jun 16 • ( Leave a comment )

The scope, route, stops, connections and history of Kirazli-Bakirkoy metro:

Project overview

Owner: Ministry of Transport
Contractor: Aga Enerji (construction + electrification)
Contract date: 3/2015
Contract duration: 1200 days
Contract deadline: 6/2020
Contract value: € 273 mn

Route

Kirazlı-Bakırköy metrosu (M3) — Kirazli-Bakirkoy metro (M3) route

Stops/connections

Kirazli (Yenikapi-Kirazli, Kirazlı-Olimpiyatkoy/Basaksehir and Kirazli-Halkali metros) – Molla Gurani – Yildıztepe – Ilkyuva – Haznedar – Incirli (Yenikapı-Havalimanı metro and Metrobus) – Ozgurlük Meydani (Marmaray) – Bakırkoy IDO (IDO sea bus)

Project details

The metro extension project which connects Kirazli-Basaksehir metro to Bakirkoy coast.

Line length: 8.9 km
Travel time: 13.5 min

Milestones

2006
Bakirkoy-Incirli-Kirazli metro project unveiled replacing the Yenikapi-Bagcilar project.
Dec 2010
Ministry of Transport take over some metro projects in Ankara and Istanbul: Kizilay-Cayyolu, Batikent-Sincan, Tandogan-Kecioren in Ankara, Otogar-Bagcilar, Bagcilar-Olimpiyat Koyu, Bakirkoy-Kirazli and Bakirkoy-Beylikduzu.
2013
Included in investment plans of government.
Nov 13, 2014
Tender for metro project. 9 offers received. Best offer by Senbay Madencilik (€ 215 mn).
Mar 3, 2015
Aga Enerji is awarded (€ 273 mn). Deadline 1200 days.
Mar 13, 2015
Project started with delivery of construction site. Deadline June 2018.
Mar 30, 2015
Offers received for consulting and supervising.
May 28, 2015
Yuksel Proje is awarded for consulting and supervising (TL 24 mn).
Jun 11, 2016
Construction works started with a ceremony.
Feb 2017
Two TBMs are brought to Bakirkoy site.
Feb 2018
35% of stations and 20% of tunnels have completed. Directorate of Infrastructure Investments updated the dedaline as Jun 2020.
Apr 30, 2018
Contractor requested additonal time of 32 months.
Sep 2018
It’s written in media that Municipality stops payments for Bakirkoy-Kirazli, Goztepe-Atasehir-Umraniye and Cekmekoy-Sultanbeyli metro projects till 2019, thus contractors close sites after completing the must-be-done works.
Oct 2018
It’s announced that 20% of project is completed and new deadline is October 2020.
Dec 13, 2018
The tenders for next 100 days are reported as Bakirkoy-Kirazli metro cars (72 cars), Istanbul Airport metro cars (176 cars), Halkali-Cerkezkoy YHT line, Big Istanbul Tunnel, Izmir Halkapinar-Otogar metro, Yenikapi-Sefakoy metro and Ankara Airport metro in action plan of Presidency.