Turkey High-speed rail in Europe
turkish hsr network: high-speed rail lines in service, under construction, , in planning stages
turkey started building high-speed rail lines in 2003 aiming double-track high-speed rail network through country allowing maximum speed of 250 km/h. planned line between İstanbul, edirne , kapıkule situated in european part of country.
the first line built aimed connect İstanbul ankara (via eskişehir) reducing travel time 6 – 7 hours 3 hours 10 minutes. eskişehir-ankara line started operating regular services on 14 march 2009 maximum speed of 250 km/h, being first high speed rail service in turkey making turkish state railways 6th european national rail company offer hsr services (although these situated in asian part of country). eskişehir-İstanbul line still under construction , due in 2015.
the ankara - konya line construction began in 2006. travel time projected decreased 70 minutes on route. construction of ankara - kırıkkale - yozgat - sivas line began in february 2009. several other hsr line projects between major cities such ankara - afyon - uşak - İzmir, İstanbul - bursa, İstanbul - edirne - kapıkule (bulgarian border) have reached final design , expected pass contraction phase soon. ankara - kayseri , eskişehir - afyon - antalya lines planned built in coming years. konya - mersin - adana , sivas - erzincan - erzurum - kars lines mentioned prime minister , minister of transport.
the first 12 high-speed trainsets ordered caf company, spain. further sets expected provided siemens.
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