After the new Istanbul Airport was opened to become the best and largest airport in the world, it became necessary to pave roads and harness various transportation to connect the airport to vital and important areas. The Istanbul Municipality considered it of great importance to strengthen transportation leading to Istanbul Airport.
With metro stations to facilitate movement and avoid traffic jams, especially during peak times.
1- Information about the Istanbul Airport metro line:
The new Istanbul Airport metro line is planned to provide fast and safe transportation between Istanbul Airport and the city center, to be combined 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 and then changing to the airport line called Halkalı istanbul Airport. The total length of the line will be 37.5 kilometers. Istanbul Airport metro stations will be equipped with the latest technology and designed with the concept Modern, and there will be illuminated images of kite drawings on the ceiling and floor, and the trains will initially depend on a driver and then will be without him, in addition to there will be automatic gates.
2- M11 metro fare:
The price of the M11 metro ticket from the airport to the city center is 7.5 Turkish liras, or about 0.5 dollars. You can only pay using the Istanbul kart, and this card can be purchased from the airport, metro stations, or small kiosks.
3- M11 Metro Routes:
First line:
- gayrettep
- Kağitane kağitane
- Hasdal Hasdal
- Kemerburgaz
- Gökturk
- Ihsaniye
Second line:
The line that connects the heart of the city to the new Istanbul Airport is Halkalı Istanbul Airport line, and the trip from the airport to the city center takes about 30 minutes.
Thus, this line coming from the west of Istanbul to the Airport will be merged with the previous metro, so that the two airport lines become one line without interruption, coming from Gayrtepe and heading to Hacali Station, passing through Istanbul Airport, and bearing the symbol M11 on the M11 metro map.
From Taksim area to the new airport
If the traveler wants to go from the Taksim area and its surroundings, he goes to the new train stations through the Taksim ②M metro, which is connected to the new airport metro at Gayrettepe station and from there it continues to the airport
If the traveler wants to go from the Fatih area and its surroundings, he should go to the new train stations Via 11M also at Yenikapı station
We conclude with a statement by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoglu, in which he said: “We design our investments not only to serve future generations, but also to add great value to Turkey and Istanbul, and upon completion of all our projects, more than half of the metro lines will have been built by our ministry.”