Sancaktepe Şehir Hastanesi

Station of the Istanbul Metro

Preceding station	Istanbul Metro			Following station
M5 Line does not stop here

Sancaktepe Şehir Hastanesi is an underground station on the M5 line of the Istanbul Metro.^[2]^[3] It is located under Osmangazi Street in the Sarıgazi neighbourhood of Sancaktepe. Due to difficulties in station construction, it is expected to open in August 2024, later than the rest of the Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez extension.^[4]

There is an open-close scissor structure in the station, and there will be a fully mechanical automatic parking lot with a capacity of 336 vehicles on the upper floors of this truss structure. In this way, it will be possible to travel with the Park-and-Ride system.^[1]

History

The Çekmeköy - Sultanbeyli Metro Line Second TBM Excavation Ceremony was held on 15 January 2021 for TBM-2, which started excavation during January 2021 from Sancaktepe to Çekmeköy.^[5] According to the statement of Pelin Alpkökin, Head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Rail System Department, in April 2021, the first TBM had to pass under the station due to difficult ground conditions during the station excavation. In accordance with this unusual method, the TBM segments were broken while the station excavation is completed.^[6]

Station layout

Platform level	Westbound	← does not stop here (Sarıgazi)
	Island platform, under construction
	Eastbound	does not stop here (Sancaktepe) →

References

^ ^a ^b "İMAMOĞLU: "BİZE OY VERSİN VERMESİN 16 MİLYONA METRO YAPIYORUZ"". ibb.istanbul (in Turkish). Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. 2021-08-10. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "Üsküdar-Samandıra Merkez Metro Line". www.metro.istanbul (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "Istanbul Metro Map" (PDF). Metro Istanbul. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "ÇEKMEKÖY-SANCAKTEPE-SULTANBEYLİ METROSU'NUN TEST SÜRÜŞÜNE KATILDI" (in Turkish). IMM. 2023-05-04. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "İMAMOĞLU: "HEDEF YILDA 20 KM METROYU İSTANBULLULARA KAZANDIRMAK"". www.ibb.istanbul (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ "SANCAKTEPE - SULTANBEYLİ METRO HATTI İNŞAATINI İNCELEDİK". Ekrem İmamoğlu YouTube Channel (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2024-03-18.