MR of Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train line is being shot

The MR of the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train line is being taken: Measurement drives have started on the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line. The "MR" of the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train (YHT) line is taken with the Piri Reis measurement train.
Ankara-Istanbul travel time between Ankara and Istanbul will be reduced to the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line project is nearing the end.
The measurements of the first domestic test train Piri Reis and the specific parts of the line between Eskişehir and İstanbul were started.
With the Piri Reis Test Train, the line's catenary-pantograph interaction, accelerometer vibration measurement and road geometry measurements are made starting at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. Later, the measurements, which continue at 80, 100, 120, 140 kilometers per hour, are completed by reaching a speed of 275 kilometers in the last hour. Thanks to the measurements, problems in the line, if any, are detected and fixed. In other words, the "MR" of the line is taken with the Piri Reis Train.
Piri Reis, one of the test trains in the world with 5-6 units, was built with 35 million pounds on the YHT set of million pounds in addition to the additional cost. Piri Reis, 14 is able to measure differently.
The 523 kilometer of the total 276 kilometer, the 2009 kilometer, Ankara-Eskişehir section was opened in 247. The construction of the 2014 km between Eskişehir and İstanbul is planned to be put into service until the beginning of March at the latest XNUMX after the signaling, road and catenary tests are completed with the Piri Reis Train.
Ankara-Istanbul travel time to 3
When the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line, which will be integrated with Marmaray when it is completed, will be put into service, the travel time between the two cities will decrease to 3 hours and the travel time between Ankara and Gebze will decrease to 2 hours 30 minutes. It is aimed to serve approximately 50 thousand passengers per day and 17 million passengers per year on the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line.
TCDD plans to conduct a survey in January of 2014 to determine ticket prices.