The scope, route, stops and history of railway project connecting Gaziantep to suburban areas:

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Project overview

• Owner: Turkish State Railways
• Phases:
  1. Oduncular-Gar
  2. Gar-Stadyum (underpass)
  3. Stadyum-Başpınar
• Contractor: Gülermak – Kolin – Kalyon consortium
• Contract deadline: 2021
• Contract value: TL 1.5 bn

Route

Stops/connections

Baspinar – OSB 3 – OSB 4 – Doliche – Stadyum (stadium) – Beylerbeyi – Otogar (Main bus station) – Kayaonu – TEDAS – Topraklık – Hastaneler – Gar (Main train station, tram) – Golluce Tip Merkezi – Seyrantepe – Mustafa Yavuz – Oduncular

Project details

Renewal of 25 km-long stretch as 5 km underpass (city center pass) with 5 tracks (7 km, 2 suburban, 2 passenger, 1 freight) and 4 tracks (18 km, 2 suburban, 2 other trains) and construction of 16 stations on route.

• Line length: 25 km
• Travel time: 30 min

Targets

• 100k daily ridership
• Service will start on Oduncular-Gar section before completion of electrification/signalization.

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