From DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES; November 13, 2017
Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has said that effective in December 2018, Istanbul will begin offering transportation services between Gebze and Halkalı via Marmaray vehicles in the scope of a project that is considered the last leg of the uninterrupted railway connection from Beijing to London.
Addressing members of the press after an inspection conducted at the construction site, Minister Arslan said the Improvement of Halkalı-Gebze Suburban Lines project will be in service by the end of 2018, informing that as a result of efforts to modernize suburban transportation systems from Gebze to Söğütlüçeşme on the Anatolian side and Kazlıçeşme to Halkalı on the European side in accordance with current metro standards, the uninterrupted integration of these systems with the Marmaray will allow Istanbulites to travel this 43-station route from Gebze to Halkalı in 114 minutes via the Marmaray vehicles.
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