Inside MARMARAY: The Train Connecting Europe and Asia Under the Sea

The Marmaray railway in Istanbul connects Europe and Asia under the Bosphorus, creating one of the most remarkable rail links in the world. Today’s video is a little different from the usual train journeys. Instead of focusing on a single trip, we explore an entire railway system: Marmaray, the remarkable rail link that connects Europe and Asia beneath the Bosphorus Strait. The idea of linking the two continents by rail dates back as far as 1860, during the Ottoman period. But it took more than 150 years for the technology to finally make it possible. The result is one of the most ambitious urban railway projects ever built. In this video we take a closer look at how Marmaray works, its fascinating history, the engineering behind the immersed tunnel beneath the Bosphorus, and the role it plays today as the backbone of public transport in one of the world’s largest cities. Along the way we visit several stations including Söğütlüçeşme, Üsküdar, Sirkeci, Yenikapı and Halkalı, cross between Asia and Europe in just minutes, and explore how this railway transformed mobility across Istanbul. From a visionary 19th-century idea to a modern metropolitan railway carrying hundreds of thousands of passengers every day, Marmaray is one of the most remarkable railway engineering projects in the world, often compared with other great infrastructure works such as the Channel Tunnel or the Seikan Tunnel in Japan. By linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul beneath the Bosphorus Strait, the system created a continuous suburban railway across one of the largest metropolitan areas on Earth. Come along! #marmaray #istanbul #turkey #traintechnology #trainhistory ---------- Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/worldwide.p Twitter: twitter.com/worldwide_p_ TikTok:   / worldwide.p6   Instagram:   / worldwide_p_youtube   ---------- Continue exploring Turkey by train: ISTANBUL to IZMIR the Old Way: Ferry, Train and Amazing Kindness!    • ISTANBUL to IZMIR  the Old Way: Ferry, Tra...   IZMIR to ANKARA Overnight with the Izmir Blue Train    • IZMIR to ANKARA Overnight with the Izmir B...   ANKARA to ISTANBUL at 250km/h 🇹🇷 Inside Turkey's YHT Business Class    • ANKARA to ISTANBUL at 250km/h 🇹🇷 Inside Tu...   ---------- Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:58 – Welcome to Istanbul 01:33 – Background and History of Marmaray 03:40 – The Bosphorus Tunnel 06:12 – Sirkeci and the Orient Express Legacy 08:40 – Marmaray as the backbone of Istanbul's public transport network 11:05 – The Rolling Stock, TCDD Class E32000 12:36 - Marmaray as Istanbul's Backbone