Europe and Asia joined by Marmaray tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait
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- It is now possible to cross the Bosphorus Strait - from Asia to Europe in just four minutes by the...
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It is now possible to cross the Bosphorus Strait - from Asia to Europe in just four minutes by the new Marmaray tunnel. It is the realisation of a project dreamt up by Ottoman sultans more than a century ago.
The tunnel is the world's first connecting two continents and was inaugurated on the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey.
The engineering feat spans 13 kilometres and will carry subway commuters in Istanbul, which is Europe's biggest city with a population of 15 million people. An estimated two million cross the Bosphorus Strait daily.
Work began in 2004 on what is one of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pet projects designed to change the face of Turkey.Archaeological excavations delayed completion. Eventually the tunnel will serve high-speed and freight trains.
The idea for a rail tunnel below the Bosphorus dates back to 1860 while it is believed at one time one Sultan had French engineers draw up plans for a submerged tunnel which was never built and the peninsula remained intact.
Now the Marmaray tunnel, an immersed tube set in the seabed has joined the two continents.
One point four kilometres of its full length is fully immersed some 60 metres below the surface. It can carry around 1.5 million passengers per day. The total cost topped three point three billion euros and the government hopes it will develop into an important trading route.
Marmaray is set on a silty seabed and is 20 kilometres from the active North Anatolian Fault raising fears it could be at risk from a large earthquake.
But its free floating structure has been designed to withstand a quake with a magnitude of 9. Its interlocking construction means each section can be sealed off.
The Yenikapi station on the European side of Istanbul will showcase relics which were uncovered during the tunnel's construction. Many date back as far a 8,500 years. The excavation site included a Byzantine port and 13 shipwrecks.
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I was on the train on the first day , we tried going to European side then came back to Asian side. People were very happy and applauding when train came to station.15days free ticket.
Congratulations from Bulgaria!
Congratulations from Japan.
Thanks bro but japanese engieneers did it :))
Fantastic!!!
Wow... What a magnificent project!!!
A free-floating rail tunnel. It is amazing. Congratulations to the great Turkish people.
it is not floating it is actually buried underwater
Great engineering feat!
Thank You ERdogan ❤️
Ottoman Video ...
thanks
This is cool.
RIP above ground Sirkeci Station. Home of the Orient Express.
Nice!
Amazing
Long live Turkey !
Thanks!
congratulations from sorin Oprescu!
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Europe and Asia are not separate continents, they're a single one. Your conception of Europe being a continent derives from you thinking you're at the center of the world.
Congrats to our Turkish brother nation for your achievements .... I'm Somali young man from USA, so happy to see how Turkish economy is growing up day after day where the rest of Europeans' economy is in a bad shape. Keep going forward and may Allah put more power to your elbow ..
Thanks!
Best of love to Turkey from Pakistan ❤❤❤❤
Thanks!
bunu yabancı kanallar çok yapıyor nerede abidik kubidik adam var bulup röportaj yapıyor bu arada dayı marmaray ile köye gitmek istiyormuş :)))
perché non fanno più vedere euronews in italiano in diretta cosi non mi piace
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Ama da insan onunda canı var
I do
.30 to. 36,its not Turkish prime minister,Recep Tayeb Erdogan is the president of Turkey.
If it were kept going to the center of EU countries then it becomes a whole new ball game of economic opportunities and trade on rails.
So why havent muslim migrants begun walking on foot through this tunnel from Turkey to GREECE/BULGARIA like they do the channel tunnel chunnel?
Good! Support AKP..They have made your country really great and has earned global respect. This is coming from a non-turk who has nothing to do with internal politics of Turkey.
Best of luck to Turkey :)
Why the elbow?
weldone erdogan and AKP.WE love u from pakistan.
Did he say biggest city in Europe? Umm not all of Istanbul is in Europe! It's also in Asia too. Istanbul is Turkey's largest city not Europes largest city. Largest city in Europe is Paris or something. Only half of Istanbul is In Europe. So he can't say Istanbul is completely European if only half of it is in Europe.
I'm from Istanbul and asia and europe were already connected with two bridges. And there are also tons of ferries too. Ofcourse Marmaray will help solving the trafic issues of the city but Erdogan is exaggerating the importance of this project to get some more votes for upcoming elections next year.
Hello
LOOK & SEE
READ Daniel chapter 7, 11 & 12
Revelations chapter 12 vers 12.
Luke chapter 21-vers20.
Then READ u.n. general assembly GA/11317.
A.S.A.P
fictional and 666 is quite lucky in Chinese culture
I definitely going to vote for AKP after this complete project.
300 milyon liralık vurgundan sonra hala bunları söylüyorsunuz. herifler iki tane şey yapıp sonra da dünyayı götürüyorlar.
aporia82 he gülüm hee!
80 yil mi ? Lan salak 1950'den beri bu ulkeyi sag partiler yonetiyor; Menderes, Ozal, Demirel. Hangi seksen yıldan bahsediyorsun sen gerzo?
tabi canım sağ ... Laik sağmı olur ulan?
:) BEN DEVLET İÇİN ÇALIŞIYORUM , TELEVİZYONA HACET YOK. SEN KİMİ NEREDEN ARAŞTIRIYORSUN BİZDEN GAYRI? BİZİ BİZDEN İYİMİ TANIYORSUN?
lol whaattttt? How did he sell Turkish lands to Europeans? Also, this tunnel was mainly built by Japanese-Turkish co-operation...what do Europeans have to do here?
Everything is possible if Erdoğan is there.
Erdoğan you are Great. Nobody is like you.
❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Do you support AKP?
Jesus Christ 666
yabancılar bile başbakanımızın kıymetini anladı ama bizimkiler hala kör :)
*It's already leaking*
Yakinda acliktan Marmarayi kemirirsiniz. 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Wishful thinking again ha? Poor loser
Aptal
Another reason why EU should include Turkey in it.
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I'm shocked. To appreciate a Greek.
Are you real Greek ?