Mountain route
Tünel
Karaköy → Beyoğlu · Türkiye
Opened 1875: the world’s second-oldest underground urban railway after London’s, and the oldest underground funicular still running.
- Distance
- 0.57 km
- Fastest time
- 2 min
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 22 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKaraköy
- 1 kmBeyoğlu
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
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
Questions and answers
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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