The number of people traveling with YHT exceeded 8 million

The number of people traveling with YHT exceeded 8 million
Minister Yıldırım stated that the number of people traveling with YHT since the YHTs were put into service in 2012 exceeded 8 million 750 thousand.
Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yildirim, said in a statement on March 13, 2009 of Eskisehir and Ankara High Speed ​​Train (YHT) with connecting Turkey to "speed railway" dream reminded me of the fact that they convert. Reminding that the Konya-Ankara YHT line was also put into service on August 23, 2011, Yıldırım stated that the YHTs have attracted great attention from the citizens since they were put into service.
Pointing out that there is an increase in YHT passengers every day, Yıldırım said, “In 2012 alone, 1 million 375 thousand people, 2 million 3 thousand on the Konya-Ankara line and 375 million on the Eskişehir-Ankara line, traveled with the YHT. Thus, the number of passengers carried on the High Speed ​​Train lines put into service in 2009 exceeded 8 million 750 thousand. YHTs now make each expedition fully loaded ”.
Half of the population will get YHT
YHT, as in the countries passing the high-speed train, high-density cities between the metropolitan cities that will do, said Yildirim, said:
“With the core network we have created by placing the capital in the center, we are connecting 15 provinces to each other with high speed trains in the short term. These provinces are Ankara, Konya, Eskişehir, Bilecik, Bursa, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Istanbul, Kırıkkale, Yozgat, Sivas, Afyonkarahisar, Uşak, Manisa and İzmir. The population of this city, half of Turkey's population of 15. Thus, with half the YHT Turkey will be connected to each other. By 2023, we build 10 thousand kilometers of high-speed train lines, making our country a country where high-speed trains are effective in regional and global transportation.