Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu highlighted that Marmaray, a significant transport lifeline for people caught in antagonistic climate circumstances impacting Bosporus visitors, accommodated an extra 392,000 passengers throughout the interval from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3.
Uraloğlu emphasised the numerous impression of foggy climate on transportation, particularly in Istanbul, which resulted within the cancellation of some ferry companies. As a consequence, vacationers navigating via the Bosporus turned to Marmaray for his or her commute.
He famous that Marmaray usually provides 287 prepare companies between Gebze and Halkalı on weekdays, rising to 297 on weekends. During the required interval, further prepare companies had been included, facilitating the transport of an extra 392,000 passengers. Uraloğlu highlighted that Marmaray’s common day by day passenger rely is 565,000, which surged to 621,000 attributable to these extra journeys.
Underlining the journey time of 108 minutes between Halkalı-Gebze, Uraloğlu burdened Marmaray’s connectivity to varied transportation modes, together with Metrobus, ferry, tram, YHT (High-Speed Train) and metro stations. He additionally highlighted the 15-minute intervals between Gebze and Halkalı and the eight-minute intervals between Ataköy and Pendik for prepare companies.
Uraloğlu commemorated Marmaray’s tenth anniversary on the republic’s one centesimal anniversary, revealing that over 1 billion passengers have traveled on this transport community. He additionally expressed satisfaction in breaking day by day passenger information, with day by day numbers reaching 710,000.
Highlighting Marmaray’s position in facilitating each passenger and freight transport, Uraloğlu emphasised its significance in uninterrupted railway transport spanning from London to Beijing. He underscored that Marmaray caters not solely to city passenger transit but in addition handles mainline and freight transportation seamlessly.
Concluding his statements, Uraloğlu accentuated the pivotal position of Marmaray’s stations – Gebze, Pendik, Bostancı, Söğütlüçeşme, Bakırköy and Halkalı – in serving YHT and mainline trains, affirming the community’s multifaceted contribution to transportation.
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