Ankara-İstanbul YHT will run once every 15 minutes: In 2015, it will be connected to Marmaray and HalkalıIt is aimed to carry out once every 15 minutes on the line that will reach up to.
The countdown for the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed Train (YHT) line started. The opening of the 533 kilometer section of the total 266 kilometer line will continue after the completion of the signaling, road and catenary tests.
The travel time between Istanbul and Ankara will be made in Arifiye in the first place and will last approximately 3,5 hours. With the completion of the Geyve-Sapanca section, the journey time in the line will be reduced to 3 hours.
According to the information received by the AA correspondent, the Ankara-Eskişehir section of the 533-kilometer Ankara-Istanbul YHT line was opened in 245. The opening of the 2009-kilometer section between Eskişehir and Istanbul, whose construction is completed, will be done after the test drives, signalization, road and catenary tests carried out with the Piri Reis Train.
The tests will be gradually increased in the form of 60, 80, 100, 120 kilometers. The maximum operating speed of the line will be the 250 mileage and the test runs will be based on the speed of the 275 km per hour. In addition, the signaling tests called the traffic test will be completed.
Ankara-Istanbul YHT line will include Polatlı, Eskişehir, Bozüyük, Bilecik, Pamukova, Sapanca, İzmit, Gebze and Pendik.
The line will be connected to Marmaray in 2015
With the completion of the line, the journey time between Ankara-Istanbul (Pendik) will be at 3 time, while the travel time between Ankara and Gebze will go down to 15. The line between Geyve and Arifiye will be used by conventional trains. With the completion of the second part of the project, the journey between Istanbul and Ankara will be 3 hours, while the journey from Ankara to Pendik will be 3 hours 2 hours.
In the first phase, the last stop will be Pendik and the line will be extended to Söğütlüçeşme station. Ankara-Istanbul YHT line will be connected to Marmaray at 2015 and Halkalıto reach. Daily 16 expeditions will be organized. Once connected to Marmaray, every 15 will take place every minute or half an hour.
The share of railways in passenger transport will be 78
With the commissioning of the Ankara and Istanbul YHT line, the railway share, which is 10 percent in passenger transportation, is expected to increase to 78 percent. It is aimed to serve approximately 50 thousand passengers a day on the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line and 17 million passengers a year.
755 art structure was built on Ankara-Istanbul line. The section between Köseköy and Gebze was made with an EU grant of 150 million euros. The line consists of 4 billion dollars worth of 2 billion dollars cost of the line.
Flexible price will be applied in tickets
Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train tickets are expensive from the bus, cheaper than the plane. TCDD has done some technical work on this subject. In the first calculations, a price of 70-80 lira was introduced. However, this figure will be revised again. Flexible prices will also be made, which will be cheaper on certain days and times.
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