As being the first ever automated driverless metro line of Turkey, Üsküdar-Ümraniye-Çekmeköy metro is not only the largest metro line which was awarded to sole contractor in Turkey but also the first to have Platform Screen Gates System in the stations. The project involves the construction of a double tunnel metro line with a length of 17,5 km including 16 stations and a depot connection line with a length of 2,5 km. The civil works of depot and maintenance area and control centre, fine works, portal structures, trackworks, power supply and distribution, signaling, control communication, auxiliary facilities, escalator, walking band, elevator, environmental control, establishment of traffic control center works, testing and commissioning works will also be performed.
Location Istanbul / TÜRKİYE
Client Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Directorate of Rail Systems, Department of Transportation
Cross Section TBM - Circular; NATM - Horseshoe
Excavation Diameter TBM - 6,56 m
Length of the Single Line 53.106 m
Length of the Tunnels 26.985 m - EPM - TBM 18.666 m - NATM
Earthworks 2.171.605,97 m³ - Stations and Depot Area - Excavation 1.454.009,76 m³ - NATM - Excavation 914.712 m³ - TBM - Excavation 745.782,82 m³ - Fill
Concrete 1.298.944 m³
No. of Stations 16 Underground (Including 5 Top & Down Stations)
Shoring Works 138.767,76 m² - Shoring 31.872,61 m - Bored Pile 705.602 m - Anchorage
Electromechanical Works Power Supply and Traction Power System Rigid Catenary System (RCS) Works Signalization System (CBTC)-UTO-SIL4 Control Communications and Telecommunication Services Transmission System-EPABX-TETRA-PAS-PIS-CCTV-IACS SCADA-AFC-PSD-FDCS-FPFS Escalators and Elevators Environmental Control Systems Emergency Tunnel Ventilation Systems