What is the budget for the M7 Mahmutbey–Esenyurt extension in Istanbul?
The M7 Phase 3 is the Mahmutbey to Esenyurt Meydani extension of the M7 driverless metro line on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, an 18.6 km line with 12 stations, six tunnel boring machines and a capacity of 70,000 passengers per hour per direction, tendered on 21 August 2017 and assigned to the contractor IC Ictas, with construction of the Mahmutbey to Hastane section started on 2 August 2021 for completion by the end of 2027. Metro Istanbul's project page gives the project budget as 3,043,994,729 Turkish lira.
Approved budget
TRY 3.044 billion
Approximately $834.4 million
Cost basis: 2017
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Approved budget2017
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthMetro Istanbul
- 18.6 km
Project record