Çekmeköy (Istanbul Metro)
Istanbul Metro rapid transit station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Mehmet Akif Neighborhood, Şile Highway 34782 Çekmeköy | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°00′52″N 29°11′22″E / 41.014537°N 29.189545°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Istanbul | ||||||||||
Line(s) | M5 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 21 October 2018 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1,500 V DC Overhead line | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Çekmeköy is an underground station on the M5 line of the Istanbul Metro in Çekmeköy.[1] The station is located on Şile Highway in the Mehmet Akif neighborhood of Çekmeköy. Connection to IETT city buses is available at street level.
The M5 line operates as fully automatic unattended train operation (UTO). The station consists of an island platform with two tracks. Since the M5 is an ATO line, protective gates on each side of the platform open only when a train is in the station.
Çekmeköy station was opened on 21 October 2018.[2] It was the eastern terminus of the line until the extension to Samandıra Merkez opened on 16 March 2024.[3]
The station has 2 exits. There are 6 elevators and 12 escalators.
Station layout
[edit]Z | Enter/Exit↓ | |
B1 | Underpass ↓ | |
B2 | Underpass → | Ticket Hall ↓ |
B3 | Platform |
Platform level | Westbound | ← toward Üsküdar (Necip Fazıl) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | toward Samandıra Merkez (Meclis) → |
Connections
[edit]Connection to IETT city buses is available from at street level.
City buses; 9ÇN, 122D, 122H, 131K, 132ÇK, 522, 522B, ÇM44, UM40, UM60, UM61, UM62, UM73[4]
Ongoing M5 line construction (future service)
[edit]As of 2021, the last station of the east side of the 20-kilometer M5 metro line is Çekmeköy station. M5 Çekmeköy- Sancaktepe - Sultanbeyli metro, which is under construction, will have a total length of 30.9 kilometres in case the third stage is completed.[5] The first part of this section, from this station to Samandıra Merkez, opened on 16 March 2024, with the remaining section expected to be completed in 2025.[3]
Gallery
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Exit 1
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Ticket hall
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Exit sign
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Platform with access stairs
References
[edit]- ^ "Üsküdar-Çekmeköy Metro Hattı". www.metro.istanbul. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Gazetesi, Dünya (2018-10-21). "Sürücüsüz metronun ikinci etabı açılıyor". Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b "ÇEKMEKÖY-SAMANDIRA METRO HATTI AÇILDI: 15 GÜN ÜCRETSİZ OLACAK" (in Turkish). IMM. 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Çekmeköy city buses". 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31.
- ^ "Çekmeköy Sancaktepe Sultanbeyli metro durakları nerede? M5 durak listesi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-04.