2014 will be YHT's record year

2014 will be a record year for YHT: Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Elvan stated that the number of YHT passengers will exceed 20 million with the opening of the Istanbul-Ankara line, and said, '2014 will be the record year for YHT,' with the opening of the Istanbul-Ankara line Stating that the number of YHT passengers will exceed 20 million, he said, "2014 will be the record year of YHT"….
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Elvan stated that the number of YHT passengers will exceed 20 million with the opening of the Istanbul-Ankara line, and said, "2014 will be the record year for YHT."
Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Lütfi Elvan stated that YHTs are one of the fast, comfortable, economical and safest transportation systems. Turkey, in 2009, along with the Ankara-Eskisehir line, reminding that he had met with the YHT-Elven, then Ankara-Konya within a short time, he said Eskişehir and Konya lines also achieved significant success by taking services discarded.
Years of neglect by the railways that burden on the country, 11 years made indicating that the huge investment the lifted foot Elven, today 8th in Turkey in the world, 6th in Europe stressed that countries that high-speed rail business.
Minister Elven, do not be satisfied with the YHT line in Turkey, has also underlined that the continued construction of new lines. In the short term that are linked together representing the 15 provinces of the high-speed train lines with Elven, that that half of Turkey's population of 15 drew attention to the city's population.
'It is counted as days for the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line to be put into service'
Noting that the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line will also be put into service in 2014, Minister Elvan said, 'Marmaray, which the world has followed with envy, has been put into service, and now the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line is counting the days to be put into service. Later, Ankara-İzmir, Ankara-Bursa, Ankara-Sivas-Erzincan lines will also be put into service in order, "he said.
'YHTs carried 2013 million passengers in 4,5'
Minister Elvan said that YHTs gained the admiration of the Turkish people in a short time and the interest shown was increasing day by day. As a result of this, Elvan stated that the number of passengers transported on Ankara-Konya and Eskişehir-Konya YHT lines in 2013 was 4 and a half million, and with the opening of the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line in 2014, it is aimed to transport 20 million passengers annually with YHTs.
Stating that there are 10 mutual flights per day on the Ankara-Eskişehir line, Elvan said:
'In 2013, 2 million 228 thousand 380 passengers were transported on the Ankara-Eskişehir line. There are 8 daily reciprocal flights on the Ankara-Konya line. 2013 million 1 thousand 713 passengers were carried on this line in 476. On the Konya-Eskişehir line, 2 mutual flights are organized. 2013 thousand 195 people moved to this line in 121. Thus, the total number of passengers transported, which was 2012 million 3 thousand people in 400, reached a total of 2013 million in 4,5 with an increase of approximately one million. The total number of passengers transported in the YHTs in 4 years approached 15 million.
Stating that a total of 2023 billion dollars of investment will be made in railways until 45, Elvan said, “Railways are the favorite of our country. Until 2023, 10 thousand kilometers of new high-speed train line and 4 thousand kilometers of new conventional line will be built. '