Turkish authorities opened yesterday in Istanbul the first railway tunnel linking Europe to Asia.

Opening date it was not accidental that such a large-scale project was chosen: exactly 90 years ago, on October 29, 1923, as a result of the overthrow of the monarchy and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the modern Turkish Republic . a 14-kilometer structure called "Marmaray", which runs under the Bosporus, now connects both continents by high-speed rail service (just 4 minutes on the way) . "Being a dream for 150 years, Marmaray has finally become a reality! "- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on the long-awaited event .

The total budget for the construction of the tunnel was more than 3 billion EUR. The structure is capable of withstanding an earthquake with a magnitude of 7, 5 points, however many specialists in the field of construction noted an insufficient level of security in many other factors. In any case, the new railway tunnel will largely relieve the excessively high passenger traffic of the largest city of Turkey.

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