Line M12, officially referred to as the M12 Göztepe-Ataşehir-Ümraniye line, is a proposed

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line of the

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system, currently under construction in the Asian part of

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, Turkey. Built by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, the line will be long with 11 stations, and is expected to go into service in 2024. The travel time between the end stations will be 26 minutes. It is expected that it will carry hourly around 35,000 riders in one direction. The line will run through three

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, namely

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and

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. It will connect to other rapid transit lines at Tütüncü Mehmet Efendi station to

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, at Yenisahra to M4 Kadıköy–Sabiha Gökçen Airport, and at Çarşı to M5 Üsküdar–Çekmeköy. The investment budget of the construction is 2.376 billion (approx. US$670 million). The construction of the metro began with work at the end station 60. Yıl Parkı in August 2017. The tender of this project was canceled on 3 January 2018. The new mayor

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announced that the metropolitan municipality restarted the construction works. The line is expected to be operational in 2024.

Stations

1 60. Yıl Parkı İETT Bus 4, 16, 16D, ER1, ER2, FB1, FB2, GZ1, GZ2 2 Tütüncü Mehmet Efendi Marmaray logo

(Göztepe) İETT Bus 4, 16, 16D, ER1, ER2, FB1, FB2, GZ1, GZ2 3 Sahrayıcedit İETT Bus 2, 8E, 9K, 10B, 10E, 10G, 14AK, 14B, 14CE, 14ES, 14Y, 14ÇK, 14ŞB, 15SK, 15YK, 15ÇK, 17, 17L, 19ES, 19F, 19K, 19M, 19S, 19Y, 20D, 20K, ER1, ER2, FB1, FB2, GZ1, GZ2 4 Yenisahra Istanbul M4 Line Symbol

İETT Bus 8A, 8Y 5

İETT Bus 8A, 8K, 8Y, 10A, 13, 13AB, 16M, 19FS, 256, KM46 6 Finans Merkezi Istanbul M34 Line Symbol

(Project) İETT Bus 8K, 8Y, 11M, 13B, 13H, 13M, 13Y, 14BK 19FS, 20D 7

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(Project)・ İETT Bus 8K, 8Y, 11M, 13B, 13H, 13M, 19FS, 20D 8

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İETT Bus 9A, 10G, 11M, 13AB, 14B, 20Ü 9 Çarşı Istanbul M5 Line Symbol

İETT Bus 7, 9A, 10, 11D, 11K, 11P, 11V, 13, 13B, 13H, 14, 14B, 14DK, 14E, 14ES, 14YE, 15B, 19D, 20, 131, 131A, 131B, 131T, 131TD, 131Ü, 131YS, 138, 138B, 139, 139A, 139D, 139S, 320, 522 10 SBÜ Hastanesi İETT Bus 7, 9, 9K, 9T, 10, 10G, 11, 11A, 11ÇB, 11K, 11P, 11ST, 11ÜS, 13H, 14D, 14E, 14K, 14YK, 15B, 15BK, 15TK, 15TY, 20, 20K, MR9 11

Kâzım Karabekir Musa Kâzım Karabekir (also spelled Kiazim Karabekir in English; 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Turkish general and politician. He was the commander of the Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I and served as Speaker of ...

İETT Bus 7, 11K, 11ST, 14E, 14K, 15B, 15YK 20K

References

Istanbul Metro Transport infrastructure under construction in Turkey Transport in Kadıköy Ataşehir Ümraniye {{Istanbul-metro-stub