The Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Ahmet Arslan, laid the foundation in 2017, Konya Logistics Center, Konya High Speed Railway Station and Konya-Karaman speed railway line construction, while the investigations were made.
Konya Governor Yakup Canbolat, Konya Mayor Tahir Akyurek, General Director of TCDD İsa Apaydın, TCDD Transportation Inc. General Manager Veysi Kurt accompanied.
Demiryolu Test starts in Konya-Karaman high-speed railway line in September “
Minister Arslan stated that the works were progressing rapidly and said:, In all these projects which are important for Konya, the works are in a rapid pace and we hope that we will finish all of them in a short time and we will finish to present to the service of Konya, Konya, Karaman and Karaman. Hopefully in June the electricity is finished and in September the signal is finished and we will start the tests. “He said.
X At the end of the 2-2.5 monthly test period, Konya-Karaman is put into service “
Arslan also said, “Konya-Karaman high-speed train will be put into service at the end of the 2-2,5 month test period. Thus, a guest from Karaman will go to Istanbul via Konya or to Ankara via Konya. Our guests from Istanbul and Ankara will also be able to go to Karaman via Konya. The pace of the project here is satisfactory. ” said that.
”78 from Konya-Karaman will be reduced to 40 minutes per minute“
Completion of the construction of high-speed train from Konya-Karaman, indicating that the distance to 40 minutes, Minister Arslan said: ğ Konya-Karaman from the 78 minutes while 40 minutes will be dropped. At the same time, between Ankara and Konya, we also finish between Ankara and Sincan. 1,5 hours between Ankara and Konya; When you think about Karaman in 40 minutes, we will be arriving in Ankara from Karaman to 2 hours in 10 minutes. Kar
“All the stations on the route are rendered unobstructed”
Expressing that disabled citizens are not forgotten and works are done while building stations and stations, Minister Arslan said, “It was important to extend Karaman to Ulukışla. Our construction works continue there as well. We also do projects between Ulukışla and Yenice, that is, especially between Ulukışla and Yenice, on the high-speed train that will connect Konya to Mersin, Adana, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa. As soon as these projects are completed this year, we will have finished the tender period. 5 stations on the route were renewed. Konya high speed train, Karaman high speed train, all stations on the route are rendered unobstructed. In other words, our disabled people will be able to use the stations without any obstacles, escalators, elevators with disabilities, and all systems for disabled people have been established. ” He continued his words.
”We will finish Konya High Speed Train Station this year“
Minister Arslan stated that the project's 30 is over, UM Again, we are on the construction site of Konya High Speed Train Station, which has a closed area of 29 thousand 500 square meters and 30 is finished. The project cost 67 million pounds. Hopefully in this year, we will be finished and presented to the service of the guests from Konya to Konya. Therefore, we will make our high speed train station in a modern structure with service to Konya. I would like to express one more thing; All of our rail systems, metro and rail systems as our ministry can be integrated with the Konya High Speed Train Station. Therefore, after arriving here, our guests coming to Konya will be able to go anywhere in the city with the rail system. This is a nice development in the sense that our guests, who are both beautiful and happy in terms of the cooperation we work with the municipality, are able to go to railways in every part of Konya. Bu
We will complete Konya Logistics Center this year and bring it to the region
Minister Arslan continued in the press release “Again we examined Konya Logistics Center together. There is a feverish work now. But with the end of the winter, both the number of employees will increase and the number of work machines will double. Our target is Konya, which will serve to this region and our country, a million square meters of space established, 1 million tons of 700 thousand tons of cargo capacity in the area hopefully Konya Logistics Center will be completed this year and will be brought to the region. Let us emphasize that the Logistics Center is very important not only for Konya but also for our country, for our country's cargoes carried by railway. Lojistik
2 suggestions to the Minister. 1- Make a bus connection from Karaman to Mersin. 2-In the summer season (2019), create an alternative corridor to Istanbul - Kyrenia and Famagusta airline with the bus connection of Karaman-Taşucu. Also, finish the electrification between Balıkesir and Kütahya as soon as possible. Start operating two sets of CAF trains between Eskişehir and Balıkesir, even more slowly, between Ankara and İzmir.
2 suggestions to the Minister. 1- Make a bus connection from Karaman to Mersin. 2-In the summer season (2019), create an alternative corridor to Istanbul - Kyrenia and Famagusta airline with the bus connection of Karaman-Taşucu. Also, finish the electrification between Balıkesir and Kütahya as soon as possible. Start operating two sets of CAF trains between Eskişehir and Balıkesir, even more slowly, between Ankara and İzmir.