The Şirinyer Tunnel () is a long tunnel that carries the Southern Line under Mehmet Akif street and ''Şirinyer station plaza''. The tunnel also houses the

Şirinyer railway station Şirinyer railway station () is an underground railway station of the İZBAN commuter rail system. The current station was built between 2006–09 and opened on 30 August 2010. The former station was opened in 1858 by the Ottoman Railway Company an ...

which are serviced by

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

commuter trains to

Alsancak Alsancak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Konak, İzmir, Konak, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,581 (2022). It is part of the historic center of the city of İzmir. Overview As a notional zone, Alsancak extends ...

and

Tepeköy railway station Tepeköy railway station is a railway station in Torbalı and is the southern terminus for Aliağa and Menemen outbound trains of the İZBAN. The station was originally opened on 14 November 1861 by the Oriental Railway Company. Between 2015 and ...

. Groundbreaking for the tunnel was done on 24 July 2006 and was opened to railway traffic on 19 May 2010.

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