Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that Sorgun and Akdağmadeni YHT stations, which will serve the Ankara-Sivas YHT line, will be put into service with ceremonies to be held on Wednesday, March 13.
Uraloğlu, YHT lines currently serve 11 cities directly and 9 cities with regional and bus connections. He said that with the Ankara-Sivas YHT line, which was put into service last year, the Sivas-Ankara travel time, which took an average of 4,5 hours by road and 12 hours by train, was reduced to 2 hours.
Stating that there are 8 stops on the Ankara-Sivas YHT Line, namely Elmadağ, Kırıkkale, Yerköy, Yozgat, Sorgun, Akdağmadeni, Yıldızeli and Sivas, Uraloğlu said, “We built 405 tunnels and 49 viaducts in a total of 49 kilometers of line. We are putting our YHT stations, which suit this important line, into service one by one. Currently, 8 of the 3 stops on this line have been opened as YHT stations. Construction works of 5 YHT stations continue. As of today, we have made Sorgun and Akdağmadeni YHT stations ready for service.” made the statement.
Minister Uraloğlu stated that Sorgun YHT Station, one of the stations that will be opened on March 13, will have a capacity of 240 thousand passengers, will be built on an area of 980 thousand square meters, 12 square meters of which will be closed, and will have a parking lot with a capacity of 1045 vehicles, 1 underpass, 2 platforms and a waiting room. He stated that social facilities will also be included.
Uraloğlu stated that Akdağmadeni YHT Station was built with a capacity of 135 thousand passengers and was built on an area of 810 thousand square meters, 9 square meters of which is closed.
It was built with an investment of 180 million lira
Explaining that a car park with a capacity of 105 vehicles, 1 underpass, 2 platforms and a waiting room were built at Akdağmadeni YHT Station, Uraloğlu continued as follows:
“The two YHT stations we built with an investment of 180 million lira were built to suit the Ankara-Sivas YHT line, which is one of the main backbones of our country's high-speed train lines. Our citizens deserve the best, and we bring the best to our citizens. We are also building stations at Elmadağ, Yerköy and Yıldızeli stops on the route of Ankara Sivas YHT, and we plan to put all three YHT stations into service in the summer months. Ankara-Sivas YHT is not just a line connecting two cities. This line is the main backbone connecting the east and west of our country. The Ankara-Kayseri high-speed train line, which we plan to build, will be connected to this line. Again, our high-speed train line connecting Samsun and Ankara will be connected to our Ankara-Sivas line via Delice. Also, this line will not end in Sivas. It will extend from here to Erzincan, Erzurum and Kars. Our Ankara-Sivas YHT line will be located at the very center of this large rail system. "We will put the Sorgun and Akdağmadeni station buildings on our Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train lines, which is such an important project, at the service of our nation."