Alibeyköy is a metro station on the M7 line of the

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. The station is located on Atatürk Street in the Alibeyköy neighborhood of Eyüpsultan. The station is located on a

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide ...

on Alibeyköy Creek. Access to the platforms of the station is provided by the entrances on both sides of the

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. The M7 line operates as fully automatic

unattended train operation Automatic train operation (ATO) is a method of operating trains automatically where the driver is not required or is required for supervision at most. Alternatively, ATO can be defined as a subsystem within the automatic train control, which pe ...

(UTO). The station consists of an island platform with two tracks. Since the M7 is an ATO line, protective gates on each side of the platform open only when a train is in the station. Connection to

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is available. Alibeyköy metro station was opened on 28 October 2020. The station has 2 entrances, namely 1 from Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Street and 2 from Tram. There is a transfer opportunity to T5 Alibeyköy Metro Tram Station from the 2nd entrance of the station. There is a transfer opportunity to 50 and TM coded lines, which are bus lines integrated with the tram located on the İETT Alibeyköy Metro platforms from the 1st entrance of the station. In this way, the surroundings of the station have become a transfer center. The platform floor of the station was built with the viaduct method. There is seismic isolation on the viaduct legs and it was built to be earthquake resistant.

Station layout

Operation information

As of 2021, total length of M7 line is 18 km. The line operates between 06.00 - 00.00 and travel frequency is 6 minutes at peak hour.

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References

External links

Official Website of Istanbul Metro (in English)
{{Istanbul Metro navbox Istanbul metro stations Railway stations in Turkey opened in 2020