Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated in a written statement that Marmaray broke the daily passenger record by serving 743 thousand 596 people on December 20. Uraloğlu stated that Marmaray was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on October 29, 2013 and said: “With our line, which has served 1 billion 226 million passengers since the day it was opened, our citizens can pass between Sirkeci and Üsküdar in a short time of 4 minutes without being affected by weather conditions. Pride.” Marmaray, one of our projects, has the world’s deepest immersed tube tunnel with a depth of 60.46 meters compared to its equivalents. “It connects two continents.”
‘ONCE AGAIN IT PROVIDES THAT IT IS A RIGHT INVESTMENT’
Stating that Marmaray served 196 million passengers in 2024, Uraloğlu noted that the line breathed new life into Istanbul transportation and said, “The number of Marmaray’s passengers continues to increase exponentially every day. This new record comes after the record broken with 737 thousand 981 passengers on February 24, 2024.” “It has once again demonstrated what a sound investment the line is,” he said.
