The M9, officially referred to as the M9 Ataköy-Olimpiyat line, is a rapid transit line of the Istanbul Metro system in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is colored yellow on the maps and route signs.
The line is currently long with 14 stations. It runs along a north-south direction, through five of the city's districts, namely Bakırköy, Bahçelievler, Bağcılar, Küçükçekmece and Başakşehir. The travel time between the end stations is estimated to be 19.5 minutes. It is expected that the metro line will carry around 500,000 riders daily. It will serve about 2.5 million people living in the area and visiting those districts.
Connections to other transit lines are at Ataköy to the Marmaray commuter rail, at Yenibosna to line M1A (Yenikapı–Atatürk Airport), at Çobançeşme to the planned Yenikapı-Sefaköy extension of the M2 line, at Mimar Sinan to the under construction Kirazlı-Halkalı extension of the M1B, at Atatürk Mahallesi to the under construction Mahmutbey-Bahçeşehir-Esenyurt extension of the M7, at İkitelli Sanayi to line M3 (Bakırköy–Kayaşehir), and at Olimpiyat to line M11 (Gayrettepe–Istanbul Airport–Halkalı).
The construction of the metro line began in February 2016. The line consists of two tubes, which were bored by four tunnel boring machines, two at each end. The city of Istanbul approved of a loan of 338 million to complete the construction.
The first phase of the line, running from Bahariye to Olimpiyat, opened on 29 May 2021. This section included two new stations exclusive to the M9, Bahariye and Masko, as well as three stations which formerly were part of a branch of the M3 line (Olimpiyat, Ziya Gökalp Mahallesi, and İkitelli Sanayi), and which opened in November 2013. The full line up to Ataköy opened on 18 March 2024, with Mimar Sinan station opening later on 30 August 2024.
Opening timeline Stage Segment Commencement Length Station(s) 1 – 22 November 2013(as branch of M3) 3 2 – 29 May 2021 2 3 – 18 March 2024 8 30 August 2024 – 1
Stations
NoStationDistrictTransferTypeNotes1Bakırköy (Ataköy station)İETT Bus: 71T, 72YT, 72T, 73Y, BN1, MR20UndergroundBaruthane Millet Bahçesi・Ataköy 2,5,6. Kısım neighbourhood2・İETT Bus: 31, 31E, 36AY, 36CY, 55Y, 73, 73B, 73F, 73H, 73Y ,76, 76C, 76D, 76V, 78B, 79B, 79F, 79FY, 79G, 79K, 79Ş, 79Y, 82, 89, 89A, 89B, 89K, 89M, 89S, 89YB, 97KZ, 98, 98AB, 98B, 98H, 98MB, 98T, 98TB, E-57, HT10, HT11, HT12, HT20, KÇ2, MR20Eski Dostlar Park3Bahçelievler (planned)İETT Bus: 31, 31E, 36AY, 73Y, 78B, 79F, 79FY, 79G, 79K, 79Ş, 82, 82S, 89M, 89YB, 98B, 98H, 98MB, 98T, E-57, HT10, HT11Kuyumcukent・29 October Street4İETT Bus: 31, 31E, 36AY, 78B, 79F, 79G, 79K, 79Ş, 89YB,, 98B, 98H, 98T29 October Street5İETT Bus: 31, 97KZ, 98E, HT126Bağcılar (under construction)İETT Bus: 97KZ, 98E, HT1, HT12Şehir Korosu Park・Mimar Sinan Street7İETT Bus: 97, 97GE, 97M, 98E, HT12, MK42Gülbahar Street8KüçükçekmeceİETT Bus: 36AY, 73Y, 78ZB, 79FY, 79K, 89C, 89T, 98H, 98T, 141A, H-1212 AVM・Basın Ekspres Road9 (under construction)İETT Bus: 36AY, 76O, 78ZB, 79FY, 79K, 89C, 89F, 89M, 98, 98H, 98KM, 98MB, 141A, 141K, 141M, 143, H-3, HS3, MK19, MK3110İETT Bus: 89M, 98MB, 141K, 141M, 144M, MK31Rıdvan Özden Park11BaşakşehirİETT Bus: 76A, 76O, 78B, 78G, 82S, 89F, 98H, 142E, 144M, 146A, 146K, 146M, 146T, H-3, MK31Masko・Mall of İstanbul12İETT Bus: 31Y, 82S MK31Free transfer to the line.13İETT Bus: 31Y, 78ZB, 78Ş, 79Ş, 98, 98KM, 143, MK1914 İETT Bus: 36AS, 36F, 79FY, 79K, HS3, MK2, MK11, MK12, MK13, MK14, MK15, MK16, MR52Atatürk Olympic Stadium
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