The transfer protocol of the Trabzon Rail System Line, which has been awaited for many years in Trabzon, was signed between the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality. The project is aimed to be completed in 2028 in Trabzon, where Turkey’s longest rail system will be built with a single protocol.
The transfer protocol of the Rail System Line, which is one of the projects that Trabzon has been waiting for for years, was signed. Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Infrastructure Investments General Manager Yalçın Eyigün and Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Metin Genç attended the transfer protocol ceremony held in Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality. The project, which will be undertaken by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure with the decision published in the Official Gazette with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will also be Turkey’s longest rail system with a single protocol. The Trabzon Rail System Line, which will start with 8.7 kilometers in the first stage and then have a length of 32 kilometers, is aimed to be put into service in 2028.
Making a speech at the transfer protocol, Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Metin Genç stated that they started the rail system works quickly and said, “Our project aims to serve the area with the highest circulation in our city, where 824 thousand people live in general, especially in Akçaabat, Yomra and Ortahisar, where 500 thousand people live.” It happens together. In other words, it is planned between Akçaabat and Yomra. However, the initial phase of our project will be a more busy area with the commissioning of our city hospital. Hopefully, we will start the phase with the busiest area in Akyazı-Meydan, that is, an area of 8.7 km. Immediately afterwards, we will consider the 16 km part of Akyazı-Airport axis at Ortahisar scale at our university, and then we hope to continue our project in the form of our Akçaabat connection and Yomra connection. Of course, the excuse for the services provided to all cities is the will, determination and love of our leader, who is dedicated to serving his country, his nation and his country. If you remember, our esteemed President brought this project to the agenda during his visit to Trabzon and his meeting with the citizens, and in a sense, we quickly started this work by prioritizing this project in our city and meeting the expectations in the city.”
The project will be the longest rail system work signed with a single protocol.
Yalçın Eyigün, General Manager of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, stated in his speech that there are 970 kilometers of rail system operations in Turkey and said, “Cities have grown so much that there was no traffic problem decades ago, but now the first problem that comes to people’s minds while living in metropolitan cities is the traffic problem. The second problem is the land problem, which we mostly experience in the Black Sea. When we looked at it a few decades ago, public transportation was not important in cities. It has become more vital in the last 15-20 years. As cities grow, the transportation needs required by transportation master plans increase. With the update of the transportation master plan in Trabzon, the need for a rail system emerged. With a population of over 800 thousand, everyone has the opportunity to come to the city centre. A lot of planning was required here. In this sense, there are 970 kilometers of rail system operations in Turkey to date. Our ministry carried out 433 kilometers of this. In today’s protocol, the longest rail system work with a single protocol begins for Trabzon. When we look at both ends, we are talking about 32 kilometers. There are 61 kilometers of rail system lines under construction in other cities. “As we are signing today, we hope that our studies, projects and drillings will be completed within 1-1.5 years, and we hope to bring it to the construction stage in 2025,” he said.
Answering the questions of members of the press, Mayor Genç stated that the project is aimed to be completed in 2028 and said, “If we complete our implementation project and quickly catch up with our 2025 program, we aim to actually start in 2025 and finish it in 2028.” We shared this with our Minister. We will work quickly. An anticipated project in our city. “It is one of the three basic projects among our priorities and the first one,” he said.
