Watch in pics: Turkey's first undersea commuter train

Istanbul:Turkey officially launched an undersea commuter train on Tuesday . It connects the Asian and European sides of Istanbul.The project aims to ease Istanbul's heavy traffic and reduce Travel time between the two sides of the Bosporus to four minutes. The train can carry almost 75,000 passengers per hour and around one million passengers per day.Here are the pics:Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second right, his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fourth right, and other officials wait inside a train to cross the Bosporus after the inauguration of the tunnel called the Marmaray..Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel.People wait inside a train to cross the Bosporus after the inauguration of Marmaray in Istanbul.Turkish officials wait outside a passenger train before the inauguration of tunnel.A passenger train stands ready before the inauguration of the tunnel.Two Japanese technicians walk inside a train for the inauguration of the tunnel.Two Japanese tecnicians wait inside a train for the inauguration of the tunnel.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, receives a souvenir from Turkey's Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim during the inauguration of Marmaray.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during the inauguration of Marmaray..