Marmaray Train Scale Model
About the Marmaray Train Scale Model
A Marmaray Train Scale Model recreates the commuter trainset that carries passengers between Istanbul’s two sides, the vehicle that has become the everyday face of the whole project. Marmaray is the rail project that links Istanbul’s two continents beneath the Bosphorus. Its first phase opened on 29 October 2013, and the full 76.6 km line entered service in 2019.
The key to a convincing train model is capturing the lines of the car body and its characteristic details. MiniatureArt’s Marmaray train model reproduces the commuter trainset’s body and details at scale. Elements such as door layout, glazing and livery let viewers recognise the vehicle immediately, even from across an exhibition hall.
For rail vehicles, MiniatureArt works with durable polyurethane and resin parts and finishes every surface by hand painting. An interior lighting option makes the inside of the cars visible and adds a sense of life to the model. A vehicle model of this quality is an effective presentation tool at transport fairs, in museums, in operator and municipal exhibitions and at promotional events. For the wider project, read more about Marmaray on Wikipedia.
If you are curious how the tunnels this train runs through were excavated, our Marmaray TBM Scale Model page shows the underground engineering side of the project from a different angle. Train models can also be presented on a short section of track or together with a platform setting, depending on the exhibition space.
MiniatureArt offers affordable prices on vehicle models without compromising on high quality, and we stand behind every model we deliver. If your organisation is planning a Marmaray Train Scale Model or another rail vehicle model, contact us and we will prepare a quote based on your scale and detail requirements.
Behind the model: Marmaray – the rail tunnel under the Bosphorus
Marmaray is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Türkiye’s history: a rail link that connects Europe and Asia through an immersed tunnel under the Bosphorus. The project, which opened on 29 October 2013, was built by a consortium led by the Japanese company Taisei Corporation.
For Taisei, MiniatureArt produced a series of technical models that explain how the project works: the immersed-tube tunnel and the TBM-bored tunnels at 1:20, the Ayrılıkçeşme portal at 1:20, Yenikapı station at 1:100 and the Yenikapı–Üsküdar Bosphorus crossing at 1:200. Together they made a highly complex engineering project understandable to the public, officials and visitors.
See also our Marmaray TBM model and the İstanbul metro lines model.