The 152 km high speed line will run between Gebze and Halkali connecting all high speed trains from all over Turkey to European side of Istanbul via the 3rd Bridge (recently inaugurated) and two airports of Istanbul.
Thus, the line will start from Gebze then it will pass through Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the Asian side of Istanbul, the 3rd Bridge (Yavuz Sultan Selim) over the Bosphorus and then via the 3rd Airport of Istanbul in European side (which is currently under construction) and it will finally reach to Halkali.
Conventional passenger trains will run this line as it is also expected to be used for city connections (from Gebze and Halkali) and between the two airports.
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) did not decide yet whether freight trains will run this line or not. The tender has not been announced yet although the line should be commissioned in 2018.
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