Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said that 885 thousand passengers have traveled on the Ankara-Sivas YHT Line, which was opened last year, so far.
Minister Uraloğlu stated that they increased the line length, which was 2002 thousand 10 km in 948, to 13 thousand 919 kilometers and that they built 2 thousand 252 kilometers of high-speed train line, and that they increased the length of the signaled line from 2 thousand 505 kilometers to 8 thousand 46 kilometers. Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that the length of the electrified line, which was 2 thousand 122 kilometers, increased to 7 thousand 142 kilometers, and said: We introduced our country to High Speed Train operation, which was our half-century-old dream, and made it the 6th high-speed train operator in Europe and the 8th in the world. We have now turned railway travel, which was not preferred by our citizens for many years, into the first address for those who want fast and comfortable travel. In 2009, Eskişehir became the first city in our country to meet the High Speed Train with the Eskişehir-Ankara line.
High-speed train operation, which started between Ankara and Eskişehir, continues on the Ankara-Istanbul, Ankara-Konya, Konya-Eskişehir, Istanbul-Konya, Konya-Karaman and, of course, Ankara-Sivas routes, which we put into service last year. To date, the total number of passengers traveling on our high-speed train lines has reached 84 million. "Currently, our high-speed train lines provide direct service to 11 cities and indirect service to 9 cities through regional and bus connections, reaching 50 percent of our country's population," he said.
885 Thousand Passengers Traveled on Ankara-Sivas YHT Line
Minister Uraloğlu reminded that with the entry into service of the Ankara-Sivas YHT line, they reduced the Sivas-Ankara travel time, which took an average of 5,5 hours by road and 12 hours by train, to 2,5 hours, and the distance between Ankara and Yozgat to 1,5 hours. Stating that the time between Sorgun and Ankara has been reduced to 1 hour and 40 minutes, Uraloğlu emphasized that Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas were connected to the Ankara-centered high-speed train network with the project, and said, “Approximately 1,4 million people had the opportunity to travel directly by high-speed train. "We have carried 885 thousand passengers on our Ankara-Sivas YHT line since the day it was opened," he said.