Buca Metro Will Be Completed for 765 Million Euros
Work has accelerated on Buca Metro, the largest rail system investment in Izmir history. Tunnel boring machines in the Buca Metro, which will be built by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality with its own resources and will serve the 13,5-kilometer line between Üçyol-Dokuz Eylül University Tınaztepe Campus-Çamlıkule, will also protect the trees in the construction sites in order to build the stations just days before the TBMs enter. continues to be taken under.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerWork on the Buca Metro, which was implemented in line with the aim of knitting the city with iron networks, has accelerated. 7 iron trees located on Halide Edip Adıvar Boulevard in the General Asım Gündüz Station area, where tunnel boring machines TBMs will start tunnel excavation, will be moved with special techniques and equipment. The transported trees will be cared for in the nurseries belonging to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. When the work is completed, the area will be reforested. Using the corridor that will be opened by transporting the trees, tunnel boring machines TBMs will be lowered into the General Asım Gündüz Station foundation excavation and tunnel excavations will begin.
400 thousand passengers per day
3 tunnel boring machines (TBM) will work on the line. It is also aimed to increase the number of CPCs to four in the coming days. Buca Metro, which includes Üçyol, Zafertepe, Bozyaka, General Asım Gündüz, Şirinyer, Buca Municipality, Kasaplar Square, Hasanağa Garden, Dokuz Eylül University, Buca Koop and Çamlıkule stations, is at Üçyol Station with the existing metro line running between Fahrettin Altay-Bornova, İZBAN line will be integrated in Şirinyer. Train sets on this line will serve without drivers. Vehicle purchases worth approximately 305 million Euros will be made. Buca Metro will be completed for 765 million Euros together with the trains that will run on the line. There will be a parking lot for 240 vehicles at the Dokuz Eylül University station. When the line is put into operation, the daily number of passengers is expected to reach 400 thousand.
Source: Railly News