M11 (Istanbul Metro)


Line M11, officially referred to as the M11 Gayrettepe–Istanbul New Airport Line, is a rapid transit line of the Istanbul Metro, currently under construction in Istanbul, Turkey. The line is currently planned to open in August 2021.
The purpose of this line is to provide direct and quick access from the Istanbul New Airport in Arnavutköy to Levent, Istanbul's main commercial center. Unlike other metro lines, the M11 will be a limited stop service, meaning that stations will be spaced further apart. This is most noticeable towards the line's southeastern end, where the M11 will only have only two stations within Istanbul's urban area; Gayrettepe and Kağıthane.
It will have two branches, one from Gayrettepe to Istanbul New Airport line and the second from
Halkalı to Istanbul New Airport line. The first leg of the rapid transit line will be long with nine stations. The travel time between the end stations will be 30 minutes at a maximum speed of. The line will run through three districts of Istanbul, namely Şişli, Eyüp and Arnavutköy. It is expected that both lines will carry annually around 94 million passengers. The M11 line will connect to other rapid transit lines at Gayrettepe station to M2 Yenikapı–Hacıosman and at the airport to the high-speed train line.
The investment budget of the construction is 999.8 million. The Turkish construction consortium Kolin-Şenbay won the tender for the building of the metro line in December 2016. The line was not scheduled to be completed before the airport's official October 29, 2018 airport opening.

Stations

The M11 has a total of nine stations. Out of these nine, only two are within the Istanbul's urban area.
StationDistrictOpenedConnections
Gayrettepe Şişli Istanbul Metro: M2
Metrobus: 34, 34BZ, 34G, 34AS, 34A, 34Z
İETT Bus: 25G, 27E, 27SE, 29, 29A, 29C; 29D, 29İ, 29P, 36L, 40B, 41E, 42, 42M, 42Z, 43R, 49Z, 58A, 58N, 58S, 58UL, 62, 62G, 63, 121BS, 125, 559C, D2, U1
Kağıthane Kağıthane Istanbul Metro: M7
İETT Bus: 62, 63, 65A, 65G
Kemerburgaz Eyüp
Göktürk Eyüp
Işıklar Otogar Eyüp
İhsaniye Eyüp
New Airport Terminal 3 Arnavutköy İETT Bus: N/A
New Airport Terminal 2 Arnavutköy İETT Bus: N/A
New Airport Terminal 1 Arnavutköy TCDD Taşımacılık: Yüksek Hızlı Tren
İETT Bus: N/A