A world record attempt in a high-speed train tunnel. Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train line will be opened in Bilecik Karaköy tunnel construction will be broken as planned, the world record will be broken.
1,5 2013 2 95 XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX The second phase of the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed Train Line, Eskişehir-Istanbul, is nearing the end of the tunnel excavation.
According to the news of Zaman Newspaper, tens of kilometers of giant tunnels are opened at the foot of Köroğlu and Türkmen Mountains. Within a year, all of these tunnels will be completed and the rail laying and electrification stages will be started. Turkish companies have undertaken the tunnel excavation works. In the second stage, foreign companies will also be involved in the consortium with the Sino-Turkish partnership.
For the tunnel in the 26,6 km long Bilecik Karaköy location, which is the longest tunnel of the line, a device specially manufactured from Germany called 'Tunnel Boring Machine' (TBM) was brought. The giant mole weighing 2 thousand tons is one of the largest tunnel boring machines in the world.
TBM Site Manager Sertaç Tokcan says that the machine will be excavating 20 meters per day. Currently, the world record of the world record in the tunnel 380 meters. Sertac Tokcan, 540 meters per month to reach the world record says they will break. The interior of the tunnel will be laid with specially prepared concrete blocks as the excavation works. CPC will start digging from tomorrow. 135 people will work double shift. Tunnel to be completed in 14 months.
When the Ankara-Istanbul high speed train line is completed, uninterrupted passenger and freight transport will be carried out with Europe, integrated with Marmaray in Gebze.
More than 70 percent of the tunnels and viaducts in İnönü-Köseköy locations between Eskişehir and Sakarya have also been completed. Some tunnels will be opened with special methods on the 154 kilometers long route. The works in the second stage are carried out in two stages as Köseköy-Vezirhan and Vezirhan-İnönü. A total investment of $ 1,7 billion will be made for the second stage of the high speed train.
The 11 bin 342 meter of the 8 drilling tunnel was opened in the 10 meter section between Köseköy and Vezirhan. The 960 bin 29 meter of the 147 drilling tunnel in the 20 bin 15 meter section between Vezirhan-İnönü was completed. In total, the 804 40 drill tunnel of the 489 bin 28 meter has been completed by the 26 bin 764 meter.
While 4 percent of 395 viaducts with a total length of 11 meters between Köseköy and Vezirhan were completed, 79 percent of 5 viaducts with a total length of 843 meters between Vezirhan and İnönü were completed. 13 percent of 68 viaducts with a total length of 10 238 meters is over.
YHT AT THE END OF 2013 IN ISTANBUL
World record attempt in high-speed train tunnel
Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train line will be opened in Bilecik Karaköy tunnel construction will be broken as planned, the world record will be broken.
The line, which will reduce the distance between Eskişehir and Istanbul to 1,5 hours, is continuously working for 2013 thousand 2 people to train it by the end of 95. The end of the tunnel excavation works of the second stage between Eskişehir and Istanbul, which is the second stage of the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed Train line, was also approached. According to the news of Zaman Newspaper, tens of kilometers of giant tunnels are opened at the foot of Köroğlu and Türkmen Mountains. Within a year, all of these tunnels will be completed and the rail laying and electrification stages will be started. Turkish companies have undertaken the tunnel excavation works. In the second stage, foreign companies will also be involved in the consortium with the Sino-Turkish partnership.
For the tunnel in the 26,6 km long Bilecik Karaköy location, which is the longest tunnel of the line, a device specially manufactured from Germany called 'Tunnel Boring Machine' (TBM) was brought. The giant mole weighing 2 thousand tons is one of the largest tunnel boring machines in the world.
TBM Site Manager Sertaç Tokcan says that the machine will be excavating 20 meters per day. Currently, the world record of the world record in the tunnel 380 meters. Sertac Tokcan, 540 meters per month to reach the world record says they will break. The interior of the tunnel will be laid with specially prepared concrete blocks as the excavation works. CPC will start digging from tomorrow. 135 people will work double shift. Tunnel to be completed in 14 months.
When the Ankara-Istanbul high speed train line is completed, uninterrupted passenger and freight transport will be carried out with Europe, integrated with Marmaray in Gebze. More than 70 percent of the tunnels and viaducts in İnönü-Köseköy locations between Eskişehir and Sakarya have also been completed.
Some tunnels will be opened in special ways on the 154 kilometer-long route. The second stage is carried out in two stages as Köseköy-Vezirhan and Vezirhan-İnönü. For the second stage of the high-speed train, a total investment of 1,7 billion dollars will be realized.
The 11 bin 342 meter of the 8 drilling tunnel was opened in the 10 meter section between Köseköy and Vezirhan. The 960 bin 29 meter of the 147 drilling tunnel in the 20 bin 15 meter section between Vezirhan-İnönü was completed. In total, the 804 40 drill tunnel of the 489 bin 28 meter has been completed by the 26 bin 764 meter.
While 4 percent of 395 viaducts with a total length of 11 meters between Köseköy and Vezirhan were completed, 79 percent of 5 viaducts with a total length of 843 meters between Vezirhan and İnönü were completed. 13 percent of 68 viaducts with a total length of 10 238 meters is over.
YHT AT THE END OF 2013 IN ISTANBUL
TCDD 2. Railway Construction Group Manager Aşkın Gıcır says that the project between İnönü and Köseköy has been rehabilitated many times. Expressing that the route changes were made due to the double road works carried out by Karayolları in the same area, Gıcır said, “The number of bridges and tunnels increased when the route changed, not like the railway road.” says.
Stating that ground reinforcement works have been carried out in many plains between İnönü and Köseköy, Gıcır states that the line will be completed by the end of 2013. The entire line will have a 40,5-kilometer tunnel. Of these, digging operations of 26,7 kilometers have been completed. The viaduct length on the line is around 10,2 kilometers. 74 percent of this was completed.
Source: Nationality
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