Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that they will embark on a journey with the Ankara-Sivas High Speed Line today under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Minister Karaismailoğlu, in his statement at Ankara YHT Station, stated that they have turned a very big and important project on behalf of the country from a dream into a reality.
Pointing out that the railway has become one of the priority sectors with the instruction of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Karaismailoğlu said, “We have declared a mobilization in the railways and started a brand new era. With the completion of our Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train Line, we are increasing the length of the railway to 13 thousand 896 kilometers, and our high-speed train line length to 2 thousand 228 kilometers. used his statements.
Minister Karaismailoğlu emphasized that the 405-kilometer line is an important part of the East-West high-speed rail corridor stretching from Edirne to Kars and that there are 8 stations, namely Elmadağ, Kırıkkale, Yerköy, Yozgat, Sorgun, Akdağmadeni, Yıldızeli and Sivas. Pointing out that they will introduce high-speed train comfort to Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas with the project, Karaismailoğlu continued his words as follows: “We reduced the distance between Ankara-Sivas from 603 kilometers to 405 kilometers with our line. We reduced the rail travel time from 12 hours to 2 hours, and the distance between Ankara and Yozgat to 1 hour. With our project, with the connection of Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas provinces to the Ankara-based high-speed train network, we provide the opportunity for approximately 1 million 400 thousand citizens living in these provinces to travel by high-speed train. Ankara-Sivas HT line will host many of our passengers coming from cities such as Konya, Eskişehir, including Istanbul. Thus, we will provide high-speed train service to approximately 11 percent of the country's population in a total of 9 provinces, directly to 20 provinces on the Ankara-Eskişehir-Istanbul, Ankara-Konya, Konya-Karaman and Ankara-Sivas high-speed train routes, and indirectly to our 52 neighboring provinces. ”
DOMESTIC RAIL IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SPEED TRAIN LINE
Karaismailoğlu stated that they have successfully completed 66 tunnels of 49 kilometers and 27 viaducts of 49 kilometers in the Ankara-Sivas High Speed Line, which has been manufactured on a difficult geography, and said that the longest tunnel of the project is in Akdağmadeni with 5 thousand 125 meters and the longest railway viaduct is in Çerikli with 2 thousand 220 meters. He said it was built in Kırıkkale. Karaismailoğlu said, “We built Turkey's highest railway viaduct with a height of 89 meters in Elmadağ. For the first time on the high-speed train line, we have laid a total of 1676 kilometers of rail using domestic rail. We realized the first ballastless road, namely concrete road application, in tunnels with 138 kilometers of concrete roads. As part of the project, we built a local and national ice prevention and defrosting facility in Sivas.” he said.
Emphasizing that they will increase the number of provinces receiving high-speed train service to 52 when all railway projects are completed, Minister Karaismailoğlu said that Ankara-Istanbul Super Speed Train Line and Kızılay, which President Erdoğan gave the good news,Kadıköy He also stated that they will reduce the break to 80 minutes.
CONSTRUCTION WORKS CONTINUE ON THE 3 KM SPEED TRAIN LINE
In order to develop the existing railway network, Ankara-Afyonkarahisar-Uşak-Manisa-İzmir, Bursa-Ankara-Istanbul, HalkalıKaraismailoğlu stated that the construction works are continuing on a total of 3 thousand 593 kilometers of high-speed train line, including Edirne Kapıkule, Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep, Karaman-Aksaray-Ulukışla-Mersin, Ankara-Yerköy-Kayseri lines. Gebze-HalkalıWe will also start our work on the Ankara-Delice-Çorum, Çorum-Samsun-Sarp railway lines. Likewise, we will extend our line extending to Sivas as far as Erzincan, Erzurum, Kars and even Baku. We will extend our line extending from Gaziantep to Habur, Persian Gulf via Şanlıurfa, Mardin. 'Railroads bring prosperity and hope.' We will continue on our way without stopping, without giving up and without getting tired. To become a global and regional center in logistics by taking advantage of Turkey's unique geographical location; It is our main priority to further develop our road, rail, sea, air and communication network in an economical, effective, efficient, safe, environmentally friendly and disaster-resistant manner.”
Stating that they will present the projects they have started to the service of the nation one by one in accordance with their plans, Karaismailoğlu stated that they will open the Adana 28 July Martyrs Bridge on April 15 and the Zigana Tunnel on May 3. Karaismailoğlu said, “Tomorrow, we are embarking on a journey under the leadership of our President to start our opening from Ankara Station.” used the phrase.