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

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.

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