Bosphorus Tunnel – Commuter Trains

Projektträger – zwischengeschaltetes Finanzinstitut

Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications

Ort

• Türkei

Beschreibung

The project concerns the rolling stock component of a major investment already supported by the Bank, the Bosphorus Tunnel project (Ref. Related Notice published on the Bank’s Internet Site on 3 May 2004).

Ziele

By providing the commuter train component in addition to the already financed infrastructure components, it will contribute to the development of a commuter rail on the first intercontinental railway link between Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Straits, located on Pan-European Transport Corridor 4. This major mass transport connection for metropolitan Istanbul is a priority of the Turkish government and will make a significant contribution to the development of sustainable urban and interurban transport.

Sektor(en)

• Verkehr

Vorgeschlagene EIB-Finanzierung (voraussichtlicher Betrag)

Approximately EUR 400 million.

Gesamtkosten (voraussichtlicher Betrag)

Approximately EUR 800 million.

Umweltaspekte

The environmental impact of the infrastructure project was found to be acceptable during appraisal. Environmental mitigating measures and monitoring are included in the project and will be covered by detailed Mitigation and Monitoring Plans.

Auftragsvergabe

EIB procurement rules will apply. They are well known to the promoter as they apply to the contracts financed by the Bank under the related infrastructure project.

The procedure foreseen is ICB

Projektstatus

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