Yenikapı Transfer Center ( tr, Yenikapı Aktarma Merkezi), referred to as Yenikapı, is an underground transportation complex in

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. It is located in south-central

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in the neighborhood of

Yenikapı Yenikapı () is a port and a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey, in the metropolitan district of Fatih on the European side of the Bosphorus, and along the southern shore of the city's historically central peninsula. Yenikapı is notable for the ongoing ...

, hence the name of the hub. The complex is right next to the, indefinitely closed,

Yenikapı railway station Yenikapı is an indefinitely closed railway station on the İstanbul-Halkalı Line in the Yenikapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The station was built in 1872 by the Oriental Railway The Chemins de fer Orientaux (English language, Engl ...

and a short walk away from the Yenikapı Ferry Terminal and

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ferry service. Yenikapı complex links two stations of

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to a railway station of the

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on the trans-Bosphorus

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tunnel. Yenikapı is the largest rapid transit station in Turkey.

History

Construction of the Marmaray project started at Yenikapı in May 2004. The new Yenikapı station site was chosen to be just north of the existing railway station and would be built underground as part of the trans-Bosphorus tunnel. Yenikapı was expected to be completed in December 2009 but due to archaeological findings at the construction site delayed the project by four years. In 2008 plans to extend the M2 and the M1 lines south were finalized and Yenikapı was chosen as the southern terminus. Construction of the M2's southern extension started in January 2009 with the

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across the

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. The project was expected to open in August 2010, but due to delays it wasn't opened until 2014. The Marmaray section was the first part of the complex to open, entering service on 29 October 2013. The M2 section opened on 15 February 2014, followed by the M1 section on 9 November 2014. File:Yenikapi metro station 6244.jpg, Yenikapı metro station Central hall File:Yenikapi metro station 6427.jpg, Yenikapı metro station Central hall from side File:Yenikapi Metro station 5350.jpg, Yenikapı Metro station Marmaray impression File:Yenikapi metro station 5340.jpg, Yenikapı Metro station Tiles of tunnel plans File:Yenikapi metro station 5345.jpg, Yenikapı metro station Tiles File:Yenikapı istasyonu.JPG, Yenikapı TCDD station Archaeological finds

Metro platforms

M1

The M1 platform is the newest part of the Yenikapı complex, completed in November 2014. It is the eastern terminal station for the M1 line and has two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a railway platform, platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or bus rapid transit, transitway. ...

s serviced by two tracks. M1ᴀ service departs from track 1 to Atatürk Havalimanı (Atatürk Airport) while M1ʙ service departs from track 2 to Kirazlı.

Layout

M2

The M2 platforms were opened on 15 February 2014 and is the southern terminus of the M2 line. Having three tracks and two island platforms along with a high ceiling, it is the largest station in the complex. Most trains use the center track while the

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method of boarding and alighting is used via the two island platforms. The walls and pillars are decorated with transparent Turquoise tiles and other ceramics. Escalators lead up to the station lobby and are adjacent to the escalators to the Marmaray platform.

Layout

Marmaray platform

The

(TCDD) services Yenikapı via an island platform on the trans-Bosphorus

rail tunnel. This portion, opened on 29 October 2013, was the first part of the complex that was opened to the public. Trains run between Kazlıçeşme (west of Yenikapı) and Ayrılık Çeşmesi (east of Yenikapı, on the Asian side) within 10-minute intervals. Once the rehabilitation of the existing rail lines are complete, Marmaray commuter service will run west to Halkalı and east to

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. This service is expected to commence in 2016. Construction of the Marmaray tunnel started in 2004 and was expected to open in April 2009. However, due to several important archaeological discoveries at Yenikapı, the opening was delayed until October 2013.TCDD launches Eskişehir - Konya high-speed rail service
- '' Railway Gazette International'', 28 March 2013 Yenikapı saw 1.4 million boardings in February 2017, making it the busiest station on the Marmaray system as well as making up 29% of all passenger boardings on the line.

Layout

References

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