Ankara Sivas High Speed ​​​​Train Expeditions Start in April 2023

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu announced that 99,67 percent progress has been achieved in the infrastructure construction works of the Ankara-Sivas High Speed ​​​​Train line and that it has come to an end. When the high-speed train line project is completed in April 2023, the travel time will be reduced from 12 hours to 2 hours.

Karaismailoğlu, in his presentation on the 2023 budget of the Ministry at the Planning and Budget Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, stated that they have completed the infrastructure systems of Turkey to a large extent and that a new era of transportation has now been entered.

Karaismailoğlu stated that they revived the historical Silk Road, which reaches from China to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Iron Silk Road and goes to Europe by using the Marmaray, as a railway. On the railway line known as the northern line, we are working to carry out a significant part of the transportation to Europe via China-Russia (Siberia) via the middle corridor through our country.” said.

Karaismailoğlu said, “We have achieved 99,67 percent physical progress in the infrastructure construction works of the Ankara-Sivas high-speed train line. Partially testing and certification studies have been completed. When the project is completed in April 2023, the travel time will be reduced from 12 hours to 2 hours. We made 54% physical progress in the infrastructure works of the Ankara-İzmir High Speed ​​​​Train line. We will reduce the rail travel time between Ankara and Izmir to 3 hours and 30 minutes. When finished, we aim to carry approximately 508 million passengers and 13,5 million tons of cargo per year over a distance of 90 kilometers. We achieved 86 percent progress in the infrastructure works of the Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli high-speed train line. In connection with the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train line, we started the superstructure construction of the 106-kilometer Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli high-speed train line. Between Karaman and Ulukışla, we completed the infrastructure works and achieved 55 percent physical progress in the superstructure construction works. Our work on the high-speed train line stretching from Mersin to Gaziantep continues feverishly. With the project planned to be completed by the end of 2024, the travel time between Mersin-Adana and Gaziantep will be reduced to 2 hours and 15 minutes. We also made the tender for our Ankara-Yerköy-Kayseri High Speed ​​​​Train Line. We signed the contract. Gebze-YSS Bridge- Istanbul Airport-Halkalı We also place great emphasis on our High Speed ​​​​Train Project.”