Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu: “Gayrettepe – Kağıthane Metro Line”, the last link of the Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport Metro Line, will open on Monday, January 29, 2024.
Taksim – Istanbul Airport Metro
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that they will open the “Gayrettepe – Kağıthane Metro Line”, the last link of the “Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport Metro Line”, on Monday, January 29, with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In his written statement, Minister Uraloğlu announced that the work on the Istanbul “Gayrettepe- Kağıthane Metro Line” has been completed.
Gayrettepe – Kağıthane Metro Line Opens
Uraloğlu said, “We have completed the work on the “Gayrettepe – Kağıthane” stage, which is the last link of our country’s fastest metro, “Gayrettepe-Istanbul Airport Metro Line”, which is a project of firsts and bests with many features. On Monday, January 29, our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. With the participation of , we will open our line to the service of our citizens of Istanbul.
Features of the Line and Transportation Times
Minister Uraloğlu with the completed project; The travel time between “Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport” is 30 minutes, the travel time between Göktürk – Mahmutbey is 38 minutes, the travel time between Tekstilkent – Istanbul Airport is 45 minutes, the travel time between Taksim – Istanbul Airport is 41 minutes, the travel time between Taksim – Göktürk is 26 minutes and He stated that the distance between 4. Levent and Istanbul Airport will be 35 minutes.
Passenger Carrying Capacity of the Line
Uraloğlu reminded that they opened the 34-kilometer-long “Kağıthane – Istanbul Airport” section of the 37.5-kilometer-long “Gayrettepe – Istanbul Airport Metro” a year ago and said, “From the opening, by providing service at 8 stations with 112 trips per day throughout 2023; 5.15 million passengers were transported. We hosted an average of 520 thousand passengers per month with a frequency of 20 minutes. “The most frequently used stations of our line were Kağıthane with 43 percent of the total passengers and Istanbul Airport stations with 30 percent,” he said. Taksim – Istanbul Airport Metro