Ankara–Konya high-speed railway

Ankara–Konya high-speed railway
An HT65000 EMU set in Konya
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Status	Operational
Locale	Central Anatolia
Termini	Ankara Konya
Stations	3
Operation
Opened	August 23, 2011
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	Turkish State Railways
Depot(s)	Güvercinlik Yard New Etimesgut Yard Future
Rolling stock	HT65000, HT80000
Technical
Line length	212 km (131.73 mi) (From Polatlı to Konya)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	3 500 m
Operating speed	250 km/h (160 mph)
Maximum incline	16 ‰

The planned Turkish high-speed rail network

The Ankara–Konya high-speed railway (Turkish: Ankara–Konya yüksek hızlı demiryolu) is a high-speed rail line between Ankara and Konya. Yüksek Hızlı Tren (YHT) started commercial operations on 23 August 2011. Built at a cost of about TL1 billion, the line is the second high-speed rail line in Turkey, after the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway. The line shares the same route with the İstanbul–Ankara high-speed railway from Ankara to Polatlı, from where it branches south at the large Polatlı high-speed rail junction. From Polatlı the line continues south through the plains of middle Anatolia and joins the old Eskişehir–Afyon–Konya railway at Sarıcalar, just north of Konya and continues in parallel to the city.

Construction started on 8 July 2006 and was finished in mid-2011. Test runs started on 3 June 2011 and the commercial runs started on 23 August. It was a turn-key project and constructed by Yapı Merkezi.

Gallery

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  Konya Central Station

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  High Speed Train network

See also

• High-speed rail in Turkey