High Speed ​​Train Plan in Eastern Anatolia: Starting with Existing Line Modernization

High Speed ​​Train Plan in Eastern Anatolia: Starting with Existing Line Modernization - RaillyNews
High Speed ​​Train Plan in Eastern Anatolia: Starting with Existing Line Modernization - RaillyNews

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğluannounced the high-speed train line works that will extend to Erzincan, Erzurum and Kars provinces. The project is not done all at once, in a gradual processIt will be implemented and aims to rapidly improve the railway infrastructure of the region.

As a first step, modernization of existing linecomes to the fore. Minister Uraloğlu, in his statement at the Global Journalists Council (KGK) 5th Global Media Meeting, evaluated when this line will have a high-speed train. In the first phase of the plan, the existing railway infrastructure improvingis intended; In the next phase of the project, the line electricAnd with signalIt was stated that it will be made ready for the integration of the high-speed train.

This approach aims to raise safety and speed standards before the start of high-speed train service for the Eastern Anatolia Region. Thus, while transportation capacity to the region increases, structural improvementsThus, the performance of the existing network will be strengthened.