Konya-Adana High Speed ​​Train Project is Launched Tomorrow

The Foundation of Konya-Adana High Speed ​​Train Project is Being Tomorrow: General Directorate of TCDD “The foundation of Konya-Karaman-Ulukışla-Yenice-Adana High Speed ​​Train Project, the foundation of Konya-Karaman section, Tomorrow Karaman Station with the participation of Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications” The travel time between Konya and Karaman, which is currently 1 hour and 13 minutes with DMU sets, will be reduced to 40 minutes after the new line comes into play. Ankara-Karaman 2 hours 10 minutes, Eskişehir-Karaman 2 hours 50 minutes, Karaman-Istanbul will be 4 hours with the Eskişehir-Istanbul YHT line ”
The foundation of the Konya-Karaman-Ulukışla-Yenice-Adana High Speed ​​Train Project, the foundation of the Konya-Karaman section, will be laid tomorrow with a ceremony to be held at Karaman Station with the participation of Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Lütfi Elvan.
According to the written statement made by the General Directorate of Turkish State Railways (TCDD), maximum 120 kilometers per hour for passenger trains and 65 kilometers per hour for freight trains, the Konya-Karaman line of 102 will be made in accordance with the high-speed trains. In addition, the 200 level crossing, 73 underpass and 13 overpass will be completed.
Konya-Karaman high speed train line, which is located on the southern axis of High Speed ​​and High Speed ​​Train projects that continue with Ankara-Konya, Eskişehir and Istanbul, is considered as the first link of the high speed train network that will extend to Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye, Gaziantep and Mardin. The project, which is planned to be completed in 40 months, is aimed to open the new line in the first 16 months.
While it is aimed that train traffic will not be interrupted during the construction works of the second line, it is planned to provide train traffic from the existing line, as in Europe, after the new line is completed, the train traffic will be taken on the new line and the infrastructure and superstructure of the existing line will be renewed. Thus, the speed of the existing line will be increased to 200 kilometers per hour.
Ankara-Karaman 2 hours 10 minutes
Konya-Karaman between the current situation with the DMU sets 1 hours 13 minutes of the new time of the trip time will go into the 40 minutes. Ankara-Karaman 2 hours 10 minutes, Eskisehir-Karaman 2 hours 50 minutes, Eskisehir-Istanbul YHT line will be Karaman-Istanbul 4 hours. When the Konya-Karaman-Ulukışla-Yenice-Adana High Speed ​​Train Project, which is integrated with other high-speed and high-speed train projects, is completed, the 1 hours between Konya-Ulukışla and 30 will be available at 3 hour between Konya and Adana.
The increase in the speed of the route, the travel time between Ankara and Adana on the Ankara-Adana passenger transportation between the Ankara-Konya-Karaman-Ulukisla can be provided in a shorter time, Istanbul-Eskisehir-Afyonkarahisar-Konya-Adana-Mersin between the load and passenger transport is also important increase.