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Istanbul - The tunnels

Taksim - Kabatas

 

 

The funicular

 

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Taksim, the top station which is in connection with the metro.

 

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Taksim top station.

 

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Taksim top station.

 

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The Taksim - Kabatas tunnel.

 

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The Taksim - Kabatas tunnel.

 

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End of the tunnel et the Kabatas bottom station..

 

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Kabatas.

 

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Vue of the future carriage (Document Yapi Merkezi)

 


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Kabatas-03x.jpg Taksim top station.
Kabatas-04x.jpg Kabatas pier in the foreground and Taksim on the top of the hill.
Kabatas-07x.jpg Taksim top station.
Kabatas-10x.jpg The Taksim - Kabatas tunnel. The siding.
Kabatas-11x.jpg The Taksim - Kabatas tunnel. The siding.
Kabatas-14x.jpg Kabatas.
Kabatas-16x.jpg Details of the line (Document Yapi Merkezi)

 

Technical Data
Start June 29, 2006
End ...
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Type of funicular
Type of tracks
Energy
Bottom station Kabatas (-11,10 m)
Top station Taksim (63,85 m)
Length 640,45 m
Difference of levels 74,95 m
Maximum Gradient 22,19 %
Average Gradient 10 %
Number of cars 2
Capacity of a car 375 passengers
Car Manufacturer CWA
Speed 10 m/s
Time 110"
Manufacturer Doppelmayr and
Yapi Merkezi

 

 

Company Informations
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I.E.T.T.
Sahkulu Street. Erkan-i Harp Str. No: 4 Tünel
80050 Beyoglu
ISTANBUL
Tel : ( 0212 ) 245 07 20
iett@ibb.gov.tr


Special thanks to:

Basar Arioglu, Managing Director, Yapi Merkezi
H. Namik Erdirik, Project Manager, Yapi Merkezi
Aybek Otçeken, Insaat Mühendisi, Yapi Merkezi

 

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# Funimag 26 #

Istanbul - The tunnels

Galata - Péra (The Tünel)
- Presentation
- The first funicular - The Tünel
- The 1971 funicular

Taksim - Kabatas
- Presentation
- The funicular

Game 26