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Istanbul North Rail Crossing (INRAIL)

Sector: Airport • Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Source: We Build Value

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INRAIL is a 127-kilometre high-capacity railway project that will connect Istanbul Airport on the European side to Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the Asian side, bypassing the Istanbul metropolitan area. It will utilize the railway corridor on the Third Bosphorus Bridge, making it the first overland rail link across the Bosphorus Strait. The project aims to improve Turkey's role as a regional transit an

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Prospective
Sector
Airport, Warehouse, Bridge, Rail, Mass Transit
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
We Build Value

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The project “Istanbul North Rail Crossing (INRAIL)” is an infrastructure initiative in the Airport sector, located in Istanbul, Turkey. Taiyo aggregates data on it from We Build Value.

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2026-07-22

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INRAIL is a 127-kilometre high-capacity railway project that will connect Istanbul Airport on the European side to Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the Asian side, bypassing the Istanbul metropolitan area. It will utilize the railway corridor on the Third Bosphorus Bridge, making it the first overland rail link across the Bosphorus Strait. The project aims to improve Turkey's role as a regional transit and logistics hub, especially for the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor), and to reduce urban congestion and emissions.

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Turkey

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Istanbul

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Airport, Warehouse, Bridge, Rail, Mass Transit

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2026-07-18

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