M1 (İzmir Metro)

The M1, also known as Fahrettin Altay-Evka 3 Line; is the only active line of İzmir Metro, which serves between Fahrettin Altay station in the west and Evka 3 station in the east. The line is 19.8 km long and has seventeen station. The line will be extended through Narlıdere in west for 7.2 km after the building of the extension has completed.

M1
Fahrettin Altay-Evka 3 Line
A westbound train after departing Bölge station.
Overview
Native nameFahrettin Altay–Evka 3 Hattı
Ownerİzmir Metropolitan Municipality
Localeİzmir, Turkey
TerminiFahrettin Altay, Balçova (East)
Evka 3, Bornova (West)
Stations17
Service
TypeMetro
Systemİzmir Metro
Services3
  • Fahrettin Altay-Evka 3
  • Fahrettin Altay-Halkapınar
  • Evka 3-Halkapınar
Operator(s)İzmir Metro A.Ş.
Depot(s)Halkapınar depot
Rolling stock182
  • 45 ABB wagons (2-car 5-unit)
  • 42 CSR wagons (2-car 5-unit)
  • 95 CNR wagons
  • CRRC (5 articulated car unit)
History
CommencedSeptember 1992 (1992-09)
Opened22 May 2000 (2000-05-22)
CompletedApril 2000 (2000-04)
Technical
Line length19.8[1] km (12.3 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track, drives on the right
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loading gaugeUIC
Minimum radius125 metres (410 ft)
Electrification750V DC third rail, bottom contact[2]
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

History

The first line of the İzmir Metro, M1's construction started in September 1992 with drilling and its foundation laid in December 1994.[3][4] Within the scope of works, the Nenehatun (which is named after Nene Hatun) and Ümmühan Ana tunnels were constructed.[3][5][6][7][8] First train sets delivered in August 1996.[4] The first step between Üçyol-Bornova which consist of 10 stations and 12 km long, completed in April 2000 and went into service on 22 May 2000.[4]

First tender made in March 2005 for Üçyol-Fahrettin Altay extension which is 5.2 km long, consist of six stations, and located on M1 line's west axis; and three months later the line's foundation laid. The extension's excavations started on 5 July 2005 and planned to be finished within two years. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality sent a cease and desist letter on 14 February 2006 to the contractor company, and then cancelled the tender on November 2006. Second tender made in 23 January 2007 and announced that the line will be completed in 31 October 2008. The tender cancelled in 13 August 2009 after the contractor company requested 15 months more. Therewith, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi started to finish the rest works with its own resources. In 18 June 2012, test drives started between İzmirspor and Hatay of Üçyol-Fahrettin Altay line and those stations opened to traffic in 29 December 2012. Göztepe station on the same line entered into service in 25 March 2014.[9] The last two stations in this line, Poligon and Fahrettin Altay, opened on 27 July 2014.[10] The station between these two stations, Güzelyalı station, removed from project plans due to underground stream.[11] Works for the Bornova-Bornova Merkez extension in M1 line's east axis started in 2007 but stopped one year later.[12] After went out to tender again, test drives started in 20 March 2012 on the line's extension part to Evka 3 which is 2.6 km long. Evka 3 and Ege University station went into service in 30 March 2012.[1]

Works for the Fahrettin Altay-Kaymakamlık extension on the west axis of M1 line, which is 7.2 km long, started in June 2018.[13] As of 25 January 2021, 90% of the tunnel excavation on Fahrettin Altay-Kaymakamlık extension completed.[14] According to the plans, the line will be extended to Bornova district center on the east and Güzelbahçe on the west with extensions in the future.[15][16]

Stations
The exterior of Stadyum metro station
The interior of Çankaya metro station

There is 17 stations over M1 line, all of them have disabled access.[17] Respectively from west to east; Fahrettin Altay, Poligon, Göztepe, Hatay, İzmirspor, Üçyol, Konak, Çankaya, Basmane, Hilal, Halkapınar, Stadyum, Sanayi, Bölge, Bornova, Ege Üniversitesi and Evka 3 stations provide service. Bölge, Halkapınar and Sanayi stations are at-grade, Hilal and Stadyum stations are over viaduct, Bornova station is in splitting tunnel, and other stations are in underground.[2] Platform length of the stations is 125 m.[2]

Transfer to İZBAN is available via Halkapınar and Hilal stations; to ESHOT and İZULAŞ buses via Bornova, Evka 3, Fahrettin Altay, Halkapınar, Konak and Üçyol stations; to İZDENİZ ships via Konak station; TCDD Taşımacılık trains via Basmane and Halkapınar station; to Konak Tram via Fahrettin Altay, Halkapınar and Konak.[18]


Key
† Terminus
Station Location Commenced Line transfers Other connections and notes Building type
Evka 3 † Northeast Bornova (Evka 3) 30 April 2012 — — Cut and cover
Ege Üniversitesi Southeast Bornova 30 April 2012 — Serves to Ege University campus and İzmir Science High School Cut and cover
Bornova South Bornova, under former Bornova railway station 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 119, 348 Serves to Ege University Hospital Splitting tunnel
Bölge Southwest Bornova, just south of D.300 state highway (University Avenue) (Özkanlar, Kazımdirik, Bornova) 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 119, 348 — At-grade
Sanayi Southwest Bornova (Özkanlar, Kazımdirik, Bornova) 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 119, 348 — At-grade
Stadyum Southwest Bornova 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 102, 214, 249, 415, 498, 501, 502, 503, 504, 543, 599, 662, 699, 856 Named after İzmir Atatürk Stadium Viaduct
Halkapınar East Konak (Mersinli) 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 53, 77, 78, 102, 125, 140, 147, 148, 154, 168, 240, 253, 335, 418, 477, 498, 501, 502, 503, 504, 515[lower-alpha 1], 543, 555, 560, 564, 599
İZBAN
Konak Tram (Terminus)
TCDD Taşımacılık		 Serves to İzmir Atatürk Stadium and İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall At-grade
Hilal Konak (Ege, Konak) 22 May 2000 İZBAN at Hilal — Viaduct
Çankaya Konak (Çankaya, Konak) 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 32, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 251, 838 Serves to historic Kemeraltı district and Hisar Mosque Cut and cover
Basmane Konak (Basmane) 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 34, 35, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 302, 466, 838
TCDD Taşımacılık		 Serves to south side of Kültürpark Cut and cover
Konak Center of Konak 22 May 2000 Tram İzmir at Konak İskele
İZDENİZ at Konak Terminal
ESHOT Bus: 15, 21, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 44, 63, 72, 104, 105, 121, 152, 157, 169, 171, 193, 224, 233, 252, 253, 285, 302, 304, 374, 465, 466, 484, 550, 587, 588, 802, 838, 887, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950		 Serves to Konak Square and İzmir Government Office Cut and cover
Üçyol Konak 22 May 2000 ESHOT Bus: 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 84, 89, 92, 108, 124, 156, 490, 520, 523, 524, 556, 588, 823, 950 — Deep tunnel
İzmirspor Konak (Hatay) 29 December 2012 ESHOT Bus: 15, 581, 950 — Cut and cover
Hatay Konak (Hatay) 29 December 2012 ESHOT Bus: 581, 950 — Cut and cover
Göztepe Konak (Göztepe) 25 April 2014 ESHOT Bus: 581, 950 — Deep tunnel
Poligon South Konak 25 April 2014 ESHOT Bus: 581, 879, 950 — Cut and cover
Fahrettin Altay † Tripoint between Karabağlar, Balçova, and Konak 26 July 2014 Tram İzmir at F. Altay (terminus)
ESHOT Bus: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 24, 25, 82, 167, 169, 305, 311, 320, 321, 480, 486, 510, 551, 554, 581, 671, 690, 725, 730, 735, 736, 879, 916, 945, 950, 969, 971		 Serves to Fahrettin Altay Square Cut and cover
Notes
  1. intermediate stop

Extensions in the future

Ongoing extensions

The only ongoing extension is the extension line from the last station of M1 line in the east, Fahrettin Altay, to the Narlıdere Kaymakamlığı. The extension line will be 7.2 km long and it's building in underground using deep tunnel. There will be seven new stations on the line: Balçova, Çağdaş, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastane, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Narlıdere, Siteler ve Kaymakamlık. Construction began on 9 June 2018, and it's planned to be finished in October 2022,[14] with a cost of ₺1.027 billion.[13][19][20][21][22]

Planned extensions

The planned extension on east is between the M1 line's last station in east, Evka 3; and Bornova Merkez, which will be constructed on Bornova Cumhuriyet Square. This extension will be 0.9 km long.[16][23] The tunnel plans, which will be constructed under the scope of project, changed and new tender process started in 2014.[24]

On west, that have been announced that M1 line will be extended from M1's Kaymakamlık station, which is under construction, to Güzelbahçe. This extension's length will be 13.6 km and consist of 11 stations according to the plans.[16][23]

Trains

The M1 opened in 2000, and at first there were 45 wagons that give service.[25][26] First on 2011 , wagon number became 77 with 8 train sets from China that consist of 32 wagons.[27] Wagon number increased to 87 with 10 wagons in 2015.[25][28] First started to serve on October 2016,[29]19 train sets consist of 95 wagons delivered completely in 2017 and wagon number increased to 182.[30][31][32] M1 line's each train set consisted of three wagon at first; however this number increased to four at first, then increased to five.[33] Trains works with 40 km/h speed as average and stores in Halkapınar Maintenance Facility.[2]

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