Marmaray
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Marmaray or B1 Commuter Train is a 76.6-kilometre-long commuter rail line located in Istanbul, Turkey. The line runs from Halkalı, on the European side, to Gebze, on the Asian side, along the north sh
Two trains meet in Bakırköy.
Plaque at the Üsküdar railway station commemorating Japanese-Turkish partnership
A Marmaray train at Bostancı station on the first day of operation of the Gebze–Halkalı line
A Marmaray train at Kazlıçeşme
Marmaray Tunnel
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The Marmaray Tunnel is a 13.5 km long undersea railway tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey, beneath the Bosporus strait, linking Kazlıçeşme, Zeytinburnu in Europe with Ayrılıkçeşmesi in Asia. The tunnel consis
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…the north shore of the Sea of Marmara. Mostly using the right-of-way of two existing commuter rail lines, the Marmaray line linked the two lines via a tunnel under the Bosporus strait, becoming the first standard gauge rail connection between Europe and Asia (all prior connections ran through Russia and used…
One of the tunnels in 2024.
A barge lowering segments of the tunnel, observed on the Bosporus in 2007.
A Marmaray train at Yenikapı station.