5-kilometer tunnel to Köroğlu for the Afyon-Ankara high-speed train line

A 5-kilometer tunnel to Köroğlu for the Afyon-Ankara high-speed train line: A 5 thousand 200-meter long tunnel will be built for the Afyon - Ankara high-speed train line. 'Ankara-İzmir High Speed ​​Line and Polatlı-Afyonkarahisar Section Infrastructure Manufacturing Construction Project 'introduction meeting was held. Geology engineer Taylan Demir from the contractor firm Sigma-YDA-Makimsan-Burkay Joint Venture gave information at the information meeting held for the students and academic staff at the Faculty of Engineering Conference Hall of AKU Ahmet Necdet Sezer Campus.
AKU Engineering Faculty Vice Dean Asst. Assoc. Dr. In addition to Tülay Altay, lecturers of mining, geology, civil and topographical engineering departments, doctorate, graduate and undergraduate students attended the meeting. Providing information about the Polatlı-Afyonkarahisar High Speed ​​Train Project route, Taylan said that when the project is completed, the distance between Afyonkarahisar and Ankara will be taken in 1,5 hours.
Giving information about some of the manufacturing items of the project, Demir especially focused on tunnels. Demir stated that the Austrian tunnel boring method was used in the tunnels and made evaluations about the principles of this method. Taylor also Iron, Afyonkarahisar Köroglu puncture with this method was introduced under the waist and completion of the tunnel when the 5 thousand 200 meters in length, which will be stressed that one of Turkey's longest railway tunnel.