Mountain route
Tünel
Karaköy → Beyoğlu · Türkiye
Tünel in pictures
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- Distance
- 0.57 km
- Fastest time
- 2 min
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 22 km/h
- Operator
- Metro Istanbul
- Countries
- Türkiye
- In service since
- 1875
- Train
- Two rubber-tyred cars from the 1971 electrification
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Opened 1875 — the world’s second-oldest underground urban railway after London’s, and the oldest underground funicular still running.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 301616 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, on it to within a metre
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Metro Istanbul — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Tünel?
The Tünel runs 570 m from Karaköy to Beyoğlu.
How long does the Tünel take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 min for the 570 m. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 22 km/h.
Who runs the Tünel?
Metro Istanbul, with two rubber-tyred cars from the 1971 electrification.
How old is the Tünel?
The line has been in service since 1875. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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