Sarıgazi is an underground station on the M5 line of the Istanbul Metro.[2][3] It is located under Eski Ankara Street at Nazım Hikmet Park in the Inönü neighbourhood of Sancaktepe. It was opened on 16 March 2024 with the M5 line extension from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez.[1]
Sarıgazi  | |||||||||||
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| Istanbul Metro rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Inönü Neighbourhood, Eski Ankara Street, Nazım Hikmet Park 34785 Sancaktepe, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°00′36″N 29°12′45″E / 41.01°N 29.2125°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Istanbul Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  M5 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  İETT Bus: 11, 11SA, 11V, 11ÜS, 14, 14YK, 19A, 19EK, 19S, 19SB, 122H, 122V, 131, 131A, 131B, 131C, 131H, 131K, 131Y, 131Ü, 132YM, 522B, 522ST, 622, UM60, UM61, UM73  Istanbul Minibus: Dudullu - Yenidoğan - Sancaktepe, Dudullu - Madenler, Sultanbeyli - Dudullu | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 March 2024[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1,500 V DC Overhead line | ||||||||||
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There is an entrance at Ankara Street at the station (Entrance 1). Entrance 2 will be located in the form of a pedestrian tunnel on Atatürk Street near the Sancaktepe District Governorship building and is currently in the planning stage. There are 6 elevators ('lifts' on station signage) and 10 escalators in the station.[4]
Since it has a station structure integrated with the M5 station, some of the platforms of the M13 line are being built within the scope of M5 construction.[5]
History
editOn 10 August 2021, the first of the TBMs, which started excavation from Sancaktepe Station in January, reached Sarıgazi with the Sarıgazi Station TBM Transition Ceremony of the Çekmeköy - Sultanbeyli Metro, which was held by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The first TBM completed the excavation in the TBM Shaft near Çekmeköy Station in January 2022.[6][7]
On 3 December 2021, TBM-2 reached Sarıgazi Station and completed the TBM excavation.[8]
On 4 May 2023, the first test drive was carried out with the test train departing from Çekmeköy, heading to Meclis and Sarıgazi stations, the electrification of which was completed.[9]
Station layout
edit| Platform level | Westbound | ←  toward Üsküdar (Meclis)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | toward Samandıra Merkez (Sancaktepe) →
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Gallery
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Entrance 1 -
Ticket hall -
Line diagram -
Exit sign
References
edit- ^ a b "ÇEKMEKÖY-SAMANDIRA METRO HATTI AÇILDI: 15 GÜN ÜCRETSİZ OLACAK" (in Turkish). IMM. 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Üsküdar-Samandıra Merkez Metro Line". www.metro.istanbul (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Istanbul Metro Map" (PDF). Metro Istanbul. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Sarıgazi İstasyon Yapısı". cssmetrosu.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Sarıgazi İstasyonu". Twitter (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "ÇEKMEKÖY-SANCAKTEPE-SULTANBEYLİ TBM GEÇİŞİ". youtube.com (in Turkish). Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. 2021-08-10. Archived from the original on 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "İMAMOĞLU: "BİZE OY VERSİN VERMESİN 16 MİLYONA METRO YAPIYORUZ"". ibb.istanbul (in Turkish). Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. 2021-08-10. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "İki TBM de aynı anda ara istasyonlara gelmeyi başardı". instagram.com (in Turkish). Doğuş İnşaat. 2021-12-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "ÇEKMEKÖY-SANCAKTEPE-SULTANBEYLİ METROSU'NUN TEST SÜRÜŞÜNE KATILDI" (in Turkish). IMM. 2023-05-04. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-17.