Kazlıçeşme railway station

Istanbul’s Marmaray train services were suspended in the Kazlıçeşme direction on April 12 after one person reportedly fell on the tracks.

The Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, opened partially to service early Dec. 22. 

The passages between the Kazlıçeşme district on the European side and the Göztepe district on the Asian side have one lane on each side due to security reasons, according to officials. 

An underwater tunnel that will considerably shorten the duration of travel for vehicles from Istanbul's Asian side to the European side is slated to open on Dec. 20 in an official ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. 

The name of the historic new "Eurasia tunnel" crossing under Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait will be be chosen through an online poll, Turkey's transport minister has said.        

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) will launch a tender for an air rail system to link two rapidly developing urban areas on the European side of the city. 

The open tender for the Başakşehir-Halkalı route will be held on Nov. 14, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 20. 

An underwater tunnel that will considerably shorten the duration of travel for vehicles from Istanbul's Asian side to the European one will be tested on Oct. 8, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expected to take a test drive in the tunnel with an official car, daily Sabah reported Oct. 7.

Asphalt work for the tunnel was completed before the first passage.