YHT Ankara Station silhouette has been announced

The silhouette of the YHT Ankara Station has been announced: It has been reported that the YHT Ankara Station, which was started to be built in 2014 and achieved an improvement of 23 percent, will be completed in July 2016.

Feridun Bilgin, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, said that the YHT Ankara Station, which was built in the south of Ankara Station in 2014 and achieved 23 percent improvement, will be completed in July 2016.

Minister of Information, AA said in a statement to reporters, half a century after the break in Turkey, returning to his face in the transportation re railways, since 2003, stated that provided investment allowances with more than 100 major projects to be implemented, "Chief among them is to enter service from 2009 Ankara-based core high-speed train projects are coming. ”

In 2009, Ankara-Eskişehir, 2011, Ankara-Konya and in 2013 the Konya-Eskişehir and in 2014 Ankara-Istanbul and Konya-Istanbul between Turkey began to make YHT operations in the world, eighth, sixth high-speed trains in Europe Stating that his operator is in the position of the country, Bilgin said that the construction works on the Ankara-Sivas and Ankara-İzmir YHT lines and Bursa-Bilecik and Konya-Karaman High Speed ​​Train lines continue.

In a similar way to the introduction of high-speed railway technology in the world practice in Turkey, due to the increase in passenger circulation and changing needs of YHT station that are born of the need for striking Bilgin, he said:

“The existing Ankara Station, which was built in the early periods of the Republic with the gradual introduction of YHT lines, did not meet the needs in terms of spatial capacity and size, so it was decided to build the YHT Ankara Station. In line with the 3 vision of our country, which is aimed to be equipped with 500 kilometers of high-speed and 8 kilometers of high-speed train networks based in Ankara, the construction of the YHT station in the south of Ankara Station started in 500. Built with the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, YHT Ankara Station will serve 2023 thousand passengers per day in the first stage and 2014 thousand passengers per day in the future. "

“Ankara will be the center of the rail system”

According to national and international standards and the structure, layout, use and operation of high-speed railway stations in other countries, the planned YHT Ankara Railway Station reflects the architectural concept of the city. The new railway station will be connected to Ankaray, Başkent, Batikent, Sincan, Keçiören and airport metros and stated that it will be the center of Ankara rail system.

Providing information about the technical features of YHT Ankara Station, Bilgin said that the 30-meter high, 178 thousand square meter indoor area and basement floors will consist of eight floors, including 3 platforms and 6 high speed train lines.

Stating that the station, which has achieved 23 percent progress until today, will be completed in July 2016, Bilgin said, “The station will be operated by the contractor company for 19 years and 7 months, and passenger transportation and high-speed train operation will be carried out by TCDD. He will be transferred to TCDD at the end of the operation period. ”