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  15.05.2020
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Mayor Imamoglu Visited M7 Mecidiyekoy – Mahmutbey Metro Line…

Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Ekrem Imamoglu investigated Nurtepe Station of M7 Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey Metro Line. Stating that they plan to put the line into service on May 19th, but the pandemic process delayed the process, Mayor Imamoglu also announced that the staff of the signalling company returned to their countries during the epidemic during this time. Mayor Imamoglu indicated that these all will be atoned as soon as possible and the line will be operational…

Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Ekrem Imamoglu investigated Nurtepe Station of M7 Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey Metro Line, which is under construction. Citizens showed their gratitude from their balconies after they learned that Mayor Imamoglu would come to the station. Responding to the applause of citizens, Mayor Imamoglu went down to the turnstile floor. Head of IMM Rail Systems Department, Pelin Alpkokin and General Manager of Metro Istanbul, Ozgur Soy accompanied Mayor Imamoglu. Pelin Alpkokin provided technical information about the ongoing works on the line and informed Mayor Imamoglu that the archaeological works at Besiktas and Kabatas stations also continue.

“Construction works at the stations almost finished”
Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu also evaluated the studies and said, “There is a foreign subcontractor here. The agreement regarding the signalling system is made with that company. Employees of this company are mostly from Spain and they are managed from a centre in Spain. They became unable to provide this service as of March 3rd unfortunately because of Covid pandemic. They had to leave this work site and return to their country. We cannot get this service for almost 2.5 months. Some local employees do this service here according to the information provided by the contractor company. However, this study is an inadequate. As you can see now, the stations are completely finished. In such an environment, the only shortcoming is signalling. Mayor Imamoglu stated that intensive contacts are continuing to bring the employees of the contractor company from Spain and added, “As soon as we start, we want to receive the signalling service of our line and present this line to the residents of Istanbul as fastest as possible. If we had not had such a sad event we would have commissioned the line in May. We have some other construction sites and projects where Covid caused such problems. We are sorry for this hitch. We are going to solve the problem quickly”.

It will be the first Unattended Metro Line of the European Side …
M7 Mecidiyekoy - Mahmutbey Metro Line consists of 15 stations and it is the first fully automated driverless metro line at the European Side. When the line is completed, it will be integrated with M2 Yenikapi-Haciosman Metro Line and Metrobus (BRT) operation at Mecidiyekoy Station, T5 Eminonu-Alibeykoy Tram Line at Alibeykoy Station, T4 Topkapı-Mescid-i Selam Tram Line at Karadeniz Mahallesi Station and M3 Kirazli-Olimpiyat-Basaksehir Metro Line at Mahmutbey Station.

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