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- Upon implementation of the block train ANKARA İSTANBUL
application in 2004, freight that could be transported HIGH SPEED RAILWAY PROJECT
in 15 can now be transported in 3 days which
provided an 80 percent saving on time. Upon completion of the Ankara-İstanbul High
Speed Railway Project which features a double-
26 BILLION TL INVESTMENT tracked, electrified, signal line that allows up to 250
ON RAILWAYS IN 10 YEARS km/h speed, travel time between the two cities will
be reduced to 3 hours.
Aiming to turn revive the Ancient Silk Road by
turning into a Rail Silk Road, the Ministry has made 8 million and 50 thousand people have traveled
investments on railways over the last decade that so far in the projects Ankara-Eskişehir section which
amount to a total of 25 billion 964 million TL. was opened in 2009. The high speed train has also
increased passenger activity between Ankara and
In the next 10 years, a new high speed rail line Eskişehir and passenger traffic has increased by ten
of 10 kilometers will be constructed in addition times after it has opened for service.
to a 4000-km conventional new track. Planning
for ‘speedy’ access to many cities in Anatolia, the Works are ongoing rapidly for the project’s branch
Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs, and that extends towards İstanbul. Train service on
Communications aims to build a new railway line of Ankara-Eskişehir is to begin by the year’s end.
14975 kilometers, with 9978 km of high speed rail line
and 4997 km of conventional line, by the Republic’s
centennial. ANKARA-KONYA
HIGH SPEED RAILWAY PROJECT
The current 11 thousand kilometers of railway line
will double in a decade. Double track length will rise Ankara-Konya High Speed Railway Project was
from 9 to 50 percent. And the currently electrified completed by a local contractor, local engineers,
track ratio of 26 percent will increase to 60 percent. and entirely with our own resources. A 212-km high-
speed rail line was built compatible for 300 km/h
speed that headed towards the south from Polatlı on
14 CITIES WILL HAVE YHT IN 5 YEARS the Ankara-İstanbul project which connected Konya
with Ankara. Once over, it will connect Konya with
Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transportation, İstanbul as well.
Maritime Affairs, and Communications, said that
high speed rail lines were to reach 14 cities in 5 years.
These cities include Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir, Eskişehir,
Bursa, Kocaeli, Balıkesir, Konya, Afyonkarahisar, Uşak,
Manisa, Kırıkkale, Sivas, and Yozgat.

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