High speed train from Edirne to Kars

13/11/2012 22 Edirne, RAILWAY, GENERAL, High Speed Trains, TURKIYE

With the loan to be provided from China, the Silk Railway line will be built in which high-speed trains run from Edirne to Kars. The line will also go to Izmir, Diyarbakir, Antalya and Trabzon. Trains will be able to speed at 250 km.
TCDD General Manager Süleyman Karaman, at a meeting with journalists, gave information about the agreement signed with the People's Republic of China, including the construction of railways.
to Turkey's 2023 years 6 thousand kilometers, fast, 4 thousand kilometers of conventional railway lines were the target of this agreement thanks to surely advance that expresses Karaman, this goal has been reached that be for the need for $ 45 billion, China's framework agreement would provide that financing of 28 billion of he said.
China's domestic and international 2 thousand kilometers of high-speed trains in the country, explaining that Karaman, Libya, Algeria and the United States for the purposes of carrying out many projects, he said.
Karaman, signed a strategic partnership agreement, the two countries would make in railway construction, China-Turkey joint company in Turkey and abroad said he would cooperate in the construction of high-speed trains.
China, Turkey-China joint firms made to Turkey in Edirne-Kars between will lend to building Silk Railway, Karaman stating that these loans can be paid back in the long run, the Chinese on this line Ankara-Izmir, Ankara-Sivas, Sivas-Erzincan, Erzincan-Trabzon, Sivas-Malatya, Elazig-Diyarbakir, Eskisehir-Antalya and Konya-Antalya said they aim to make a high-speed train.
China's railway construction market in European countries that try to create striking in Karaman, Turkey is, therefore, noted that they saw as a field promotion to Europe.
Karaman, "Whether it's credit, whether the Chinese government, that of railways in Turkey will allow us to take an important step in achieving the objectives 2023. We signed an agreement at the level of prime ministers. It will be easy for them to repay because they will provide state loans. Loans can be repaid in a short time on well-functioning lines..
Süleyman Karaman stated that it is predicted that the high-speed trains to be used in the Silk Railway Project to be made with the Chinese can make 250 kilometers to Sivas and 180-250 kilometers between Sivas and Kars.