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January 23, 2023 | Infrastructure

Kağıthane - Istanbul Airport metro line opens

New 34km line has line speed of up to 120km/h and end-to-end journey time of 24 minutes.

January 10, 2023 | Metros

Metro Line 8 opens in Istanbul

The 14.3km driverless route connects lines 4 and 5.

January 9, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ projects to watch in 2023 - Europe

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the rail projects to watch in Europe over the next 12 months.

January 14, 2022 | Freight

Islamabad - Tehran - Istanbul freight service relaunched

The service is expected to improve trade between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.

December 28, 2021 | Infrastructure

Assystem wins Turkish mainline project contract

The contract involves overseeing the 67km Ispartakule – Çerkezköy section of the Halkali - Kapikule line.

November 26, 2021 | Infrastructure

Alstom wins two Turkish signalling contracts

Contracts comprise main line ERTMS and a CBTC project in Istanbul.

March 5, 2021 | Metros

Two new metro lines planned for Istanbul

The new lines will be built on the Asian and European sides of the city.

January 6, 2021 | Light Rail

Istanbul opens first LRT line with ground power supply

ISTANBUL officially opened Line T5, the city’s first light rail line equipped with Alstom’s APS ground-power-supply system, on January 1.

December 7, 2020 | Main line

Turkey and Bulgaria to double-track Plovdiv - Istanbul line

TURKEY and Bulgaria have moved forward with plans to double-track the line between Plovdiv and Istanbul, which includes upgrades to the Svilengrad - Kapikule border crossing in Bulgaria.

November 2, 2020 | Metros

Istanbul driverless M7 line opens

METRO Istanbul began operation of the 18.5km Mecidiyeköy - Mahmutbey section of the driverless Line M7 on October 28.

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