Mersin-Adana Railway will be removed even four: Mersin Governor Özdemir Çakacak, Mersin-Adana High Speed Train Project within the current railroad 4 will be removed even, 45 minutes of the 30 minutes they aim to reduce the minute, he said.
The High Speed Train Project, which will increase the existing two-line railway between Mersin and Adana to four lines in high speed train standards, and the latest situation in the Yenice Logistics Center were discussed at the meeting held under the chairmanship of Governor Özdemir Çakacak. Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Burhanettin Kocamaz, Mersin Deputy Governor Ali Katırcı, Tarsus District Governor Bekir Atmaca, Tarsus Mayor Şevket Can, State Railways Adana 6th Regional Manager Mustafa Çopur and Highways 5th Regional Director Bülent Hacak attended.
At the meeting, the latest situation in the Mersin-Adana High Speed Train Project, which is under construction, and the issues necessary for the most effective and fastest way to carry out the works that will relieve the road traffic and ensure pedestrian safety in the project, in coordination with the road and railway related organizations.
Making a statement at the end of the meeting, Governor Çakacak said, “Within the scope of this project, we aim to increase the freight and passenger transportation by adding the third and fourth lines to the existing railway line of 67 kilometers between Mersin and Adana and to reduce the travel time from 45 minutes to less than 30 minutes. In addition, all 22 level crossings, 32 of which are within the provincial borders of Mersin, will be closed and pedestrian under or overpasses will be replaced by pedestrian underpasses or overpasses, and the entire course will be covered by arranging the passages in the residential units with noise curtains. In addition, passenger platforms will be built at all stations and stops, and these platforms will be mutually interconnected with pedestrian under and overpasses ”.
Çakacak stated that the first phase of the cargo handling unit was completed and ready for use regarding the Yenice Logistics Center, which is located on an area of 415 decares in Yenice and is the closest logistics center to Mersin Port, and that the tender preparations are continuing for the second phase.
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