Announcing the opening date of the new Istanbul Airport metro

Residents and residents of Istanbul, and specifically the European side of it, will be able to move from Taksim to Istanbul Airport in just 41 minutes... The countdown has begun for the opening of the express metro line that will connect Istanbul Airport to the city center after testing the metro, which aims to speed up distances and reduce time It is expected that the movement of travelers will be overwhelmed, and it is expected that the metro line will open during the next few days, provided that the opening of the remaining lines will be completed during the month of April of next year. The heart of Istanbul.

Information about the new metro line - Istanbul Airport Metro

The Istanbul Airport metro line is considered one of the strategic and vital projects in Turkey, as the Istanbul Airport-Gayretepe metro line was planned to provide fast, economical and safe transportation between Istanbul Airport and the city center, and to be integrated with other metro lines.

It will be possible to go to the new airport via this line, starting from Yenikapi station; By taking the M5 metro line heading to Osmanbey, then transferring to the airport line called "Halkalı- Istanbul Airport" from "Gayrettepe" station, through which the journey from the airport to the city center will take 25 minutes.

Geritepe Line Stops :

1. Gayrettepe
2. Kağıthane
3. Hasdal
4. Kemerburgaz
5. Göktürk
6. Ihsaniye
7. Istanbul Airport 2
8. Istanbul Airport 1
9. Istanbul Airport 3

New metro guide

Istanbul Airport Metro Station is located at Istanbul Airport (IST). You can go to Taksim, Eminonu or Sultanahmet from IST airport by metro.

How to get from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Taksim by metro:

• At first you will go to Gayrettepe Station of Istanbul Airport (IST).
• After that, you will transfer to Taksim Metro Line at Gayrettepe Station.
• Take the metro in the direction of Taksim/ Yenikapı and get off when you reach Taksim Station.

How to get from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Eminonu by metro:

• At first you will go to Gayrettepe Station of Istanbul Airport (IST).
• After that, you will transfer to Taksim Metro Line at Gayrettepe Station.
• Take the metro in the direction of Taksim/ Yenikapı and get off at Halic Station.
• After getting off the metro, you can walk to Eminonu.

How to get from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Sultanahmet/ Grand Bazaar by metro:

• At first you will go to Gayrettepe Station of Istanbul Airport (IST).
• After that, you will transfer to Taksim Metro Line at Gayrettepe Station.
• Take the metro in the direction of Taksim/ Yenikapı and get off at Vezneciler Station.
• After getting off the metro, you can reach Sultanahmet on foot or you can use the Sultanahmet Tram Line.

As for the second line that connects the heart of the city to the new Istanbul airport, it is the Istanbul Airport-Halkalı-Istanbul Airport metro line, through which the journey from the airport to the city center will take 30 minutes.

Thus, this line coming from western Istanbul to Istanbul Airport will be merged with the previous metro coming from the east of the city (Istanbul Airport Metro Line - Gayrettepe). Istanbul metro map.

The speed of the airport metro line with its two branches reaches 120 kilometers per hour, which is the highest metro speed in Turkey, and 136 vehicles will be used, transporting approximately 600,000 passengers per day.