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SİVAS-ERZİNCAN HIGH SPEED When all centers are complete, the project will
RAILWAY PROJECT make a $ 40 billion annual contribution to Turkish
logistics sector with 26 million tons of additional
A follow-up of the East-West corridor and transport opportunities, 8.4 million m² container
considered to revive the Silk Road by providing stock and handling area.
a connection for the Kars-Tbilisi Railway Project,
project design efforts are still ongoing for Sivas- PROJECTS FOR GAP ACTION PLAN
Erzincan High Speed Railway.
Under GAP Action Plan which has been put
İSTANBUL - İZMİR HIGH SPEED forward to meet basic infrastructural needs of
RAILWAY PROJECT the local community and accelerate economic
development and social improvement; new
İstanbul-Gebze section is about to be double-track, electrified and signaled railway lines
completed for the line that will connect İzmir with will be constructed with an addition of a 580-km
İstanbul over Balıkesir, Bursa, Bilecik, and Kocaeli. track renewal work and an increase in standards of
Constructional work has started on Bursa-Yenişehir current lines to pace up the commercial speed. Main
line. Construction drawings have been completed projects in Southeastern Anatolia Region under the
for Yenişehir-Bilecik section. Design studies for the GAP Action Plan include:
line planned between Bursa-Balıkesir-İzmir will be
conducted by General Directorate of Infrastructural
Investments. Upon completion of the project, travel • Nusaybin Rebroadcasting Station Reorganization,
time between İzmir and İstanbul will drop to 4 hours. • Toprakkale-Nurdağ-Gaziantep Railway Project,
• Başpınar Logistics Center Reorganization,
TURKEY TO BE THE LOGISTICS • Mustafayavuz-Çobanbey Diversion,
CENTER OF EUROPE AND ASIA • Track Renewal,
• Mürşitpınar-Şanlıurfa Northern Railroad,
Samsun (Gelemen), Halkalı, and Uşak have been • Fevzipaşa Diversion,
put into operation while 1st Stage of construction • Nusaybin-Cizre-Silopi-Habur Railroad and
has been completed at Denizli (Kaklık), İzmit Habur Logistics Center,
(Köseköy), Eskişehir (Hasanbey), and Kayseri • Akçagöze-Başpınar Diversion,
(Boğazköprü). Efforts began for 2nd Stage works • GAZİRAY
of Eskişehir (Hasanbey), 1st Stage construction of
Erzurum Palandöken, and complete construction of
Balıkesir Gökköy.

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