Black train is delayed, fast train grows

14 hours by train from Ankara to Izmir will be 3,5 hours when the project is completed.
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Binali Yıldırım, stated that they have carried out projects that will leave their mark on history, and that their new slogan is "black train is delayed, high speed train catches up". Speaking at the Ankara-Afyonkarahisar YHT contract signing ceremony held at the protocol entrance of the General Directorate of TCDD, Minister Yıldırım said that the Ankara-İzmir infrastructure construction work is 624 kilometers long, will be done in 3 stages, and the total cost of the project will reach 4 billion liras. Stating that the section between Ankara-Afyonkarahisar is 287 kilometers and costs over 700 million liras, Yıldırım said, “It is a very big project and it has a superstructure. There are other segments. It is a very big project. Such projects would not have been pronounced 10 years ago, it would have been unimaginable. Today Ankara from Turkey to the east, to the south, west to the high-speed railways is done, "he said.
Explaining the work done, Yıldırım said that Ankara-Konya, Ankara-Eskişehir YHTs have made 24 thousand trips and carried 7 million passengers so far. Stating that the railway mobilization that started in the first years of the Republic was put on the shelf since 1946, Yıldırım said, “We missed the train in the past 60 years. But now we have a high-speed train, we will catch the train we missed. I hope the high-speed train will close the gap in a short time. ”
A YHT STATION IN THE 150 KILOMETER
Yıldırım stated that high speed train will be encountered when traveling 150 kilometers between metropolitan cities and there will be a high speed train station every 150 kilometers, and he explained their work in the field of transportation. “Let's look at the result, there is no time to waste by raising opposition. Delayed must be engaged in making services, "said Yildirim, Turkey is a reinforcement from one end to what they said.
The Republic of the 100th anniversary of the plan which targets projects that Turkey is not only transportation, irrigation and forestry as in other areas important work done that expresses Lightning, Forestry and Water Affairs during the time that Minister Veysel Eroglu was in office, noted that 263 units dam structures. ”In the previous period, 1990 facilities were started in the 9s, all of which are small ponds. Where is 9, where is 263. Here is the name of the service. Yıldırım, who is the king of the dams, "said Yıldırım. He said that the studies did not remain there, and that drinking water was brought with 49 non-drinking water because local governments were not sensitive.
”What is Yahya Kemal saying? 'Imagine that in the human realm, as long as live', while some others live their dreams with dreams of converting real lives, "said Lightning, dreams in Turkey reported that a ruling reality. Lightning, "In the past speaks the world, Turkey was silent. Now Turkey speaks, the world listens, "he said. Afyonkarahisar, pointing to the importance of the Republic of Turkey's struggle for independence Lightning, "This independence struggle in our future struggles for independence began after the Opium," he said.
Expressing that Afyonkarahisar is 3,5 hours to Istanbul and 2,5 hours to Ankara, Yıldırım noted that the project will take 1,5 hours by train from Afyonkarahisar to Izmir. Stating that there is a 14-hour train ride from Ankara to Izmir, Yıldırım said that when this project is completed, it will go to Izmir in a maximum of 3,5 hours. Reminding that Minister Eroğlu stated that he was driving fast, Yıldırım said, “We saw that you are a fast minister. You're fast at work, strong, thank you but don't speed on the road, hodja. The rule of the roads will not be king, you need us. What should we do and do for him, and follow the rules. ”
Yıldırım continued as follows: “In the 1990s, they quit their jobs, and they worked on how to take power down. For him, services remained, what happened. Now they give their account. In this country, everyone will account for the work they do. In Turkey, just the way we do, we have opened the way for democracy. We have taken the necessary steps for the development of the country. ” Explaining the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars and Marmaray projects, Yıldırım said, "We are making projects that will leave a mark in history." Referring to Veysel Eroğlu's speech, Yıldırım said that their new slogan is "Black train is delayed, high-speed train grows".
THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP
TCDD General Manager Süleyman Karaman stated that the High Speed ​​Train lines built with the technology of the 21st century act as a locomotive in bringing the cities to a modern level, and that Ankara, Eskişehir, Konya, where the High Speed ​​Train successfully served, has become a brand, economic, social, and their cultural life has gained great dynamism. Expressing that this dynamism will increase when Istanbul, Sivas and Bursa High Speed ​​Train lines are opened one after another, Karaman said, “Ankara-İzmir High Speed ​​Train corridor was also handled with priority, 26 bids were submitted for the construction tender of the Ankara-Afyonkarahisar section, the first phase of the corridor. It has attracted great attention during the tender stage. In the process that started with the contract we signed today, the most important step is taken for the High Speed ​​Train to set off towards İzmir. ”
ANKARA-AFYONKARAHİSAR
Approximately 824 kilometers of Ankara-Izmir with the existing railway line of travel time is approximately 14 hours, bus 8 hours, explaining that it is not possible to compete with the highway under these conditions, he said.
Karaman stated that with the Ankara-İzmir High Speed ​​Train Project integrated with Istanbul-Ankara, Ankara-Sivas, Ankara-Konya YHT projects, only Ankara and Afyonkarahisar, Uşak, İzmir will not get closer, and an important step will be taken towards the convergence of the east and west axis of the country. He said: “The project will construct a 624 km High Speed ​​Train line in Ankara- (Polatlı) -Afyonkarahisar, Afyonkarahisar-Uşak and Uşak-Manisa-İzmir stages, suitable for 250 kilometers per hour. Thus, the travel time between Ankara and Izmir will be 3 hours and 30 minutes, and Ankara-Afyonkarahisar will be 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Ankara-Afyonkarahisar section, where we have signed the contract for the construction of the infrastructure today, is 167 kilometers and will leave the 120th kilometer of the existing High Speed ​​Train line, Ankara-Konya road. In the Ankara-Afyonkarahisar section, during the project period of 1080 days, 8 tunnels with a total length of 11 thousand meters, 6 viaducts with a total of 300 thousand 16 meters, 24 bridges, 116 underpass overpasses, 195 culverts will be built, 65 million 500 thousand cubic meters soil work will be carried out. ” Stating that the project, whose construction cost is 714 million 432 thousand 200 liras, will be carried out by the Sigma-Burkay-Makimsan-YDA business partnership, Karaman said that the construction tender for Afyonkarahisar-Uşak, the second stage, will be completed before this year.
Karaman noted that the revision works of the Uşak-Manisa-İzmir stage application projects are continuing. Yıldırım, for the signing of the contract for the construction work of the Ankara-Afyonkarahisar section, the first phase of the Ankara-İzmir High Speed ​​Train project, Minister Eroğlu, Hüseyin Aslan on behalf of the contractor firm Sigma-Burkay-Makimsan-YDA business focus, local deputies, Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burhanettin Çoban invited.
Eroğlu also wanted 1080 days to be taken down. Contractor company representative Aslan promised to finish 6 months early. When Eroğlu wanted this period to be 8 months, Yıldırım said, “Let's not push too hard. Let's say 6 months warranty, 8 months wish ”. Then the contract was signed.