Thanks to Erdoğan for Deliktaş Railway Tunnel opened in 39 years

Thanks to Erdoğan for the Deliktaş Railway Tunnel opened in 39 years: 1973-year-old Seyfettin Uğurlu, who retired after working as a guard for years in the construction of the Kangal-Deliktaş Railway Tunnel, which began in 73, is happy to complete the tunnel and pass the trains along the route.
Uğurlu wants the opening of the tunnel, where trains can pass 39 years after its construction, by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Uğurlu, in his statement to the AA reporter, started to work as a guard in the Kangal Deliktaş Railway Tunnel, which was started on November 47,5, 15, in the Tecer location of Sivas-Erzurum-Kars railway, in order to shorten the road route by 1973 kilometers and facilitate the course of the trains on the ramp parts of the road. He said that he had retired from the firm undertaking the construction of the tunnel construction in 1976.
Uğurlu, who explained that his older son Nihat started to work in the tunnel construction as a scoop operator after coming from the military, noted that his son was 2 months away from retirement. Uğurlu, who is happy to see the trains passing through the tunnel, which can be made ready for service 39 years after its construction, said, “Thank God our tunnel is over years later. I want our Prime Minister to come and see them, to open this place. Mr. Prime Minister will come to Sivas at the weekend. I want him to come to the tunnel, I want him to open our tunnel, "he said.
“When the prime minister came, things got in the way”
Nihat Uğurlu (48), on the other hand, stated that he has been working in the construction of the tunnel for 25 years and has been retired for 2 months. Reminding that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will come to Sivas for visiting and meeting tomorrow, Uğurlu said: “Our wish is to open this place with our Prime Minister. When Mr. Prime Minister came, things got in the way and the train got on his tracks. While this tunnel was being built, many prime ministers came and passed, but it was our prime minister to see that the tunnel was finished. We wish him to come and open it. I say good luck to our country. ”
Turkey's longest rail tunnel
4. TCDD Regional Director Hacı Ahmet Sener since its construction in 1973, 5 thousand 473 meters in length Coil-Deliktaþ Tunnel is Turkey's longest railway tunnel, he said. Explaining that there was no serious work in the tunnel until 2003, Şener said, “After the tunnel was transferred to the State Railways, infrastructure deficiencies were quickly resolved here by the instructions of our government. Infrastructure deficiencies were completely eliminated in 2009 and superstructure works were started by tender procedures. In 2010, the installation of rails and sleepers was completed. When the superstructure was completed, the train service trials also started partially. In 2011, the signaling process of the variant was completed and became available here. ”
Stating that possible risks that may occur during the passage of passenger trains or maintenance and repair works of State Railway personnel, Şener stated that fire extinguishing, lighting and ventilation projects were implemented in the tunnel. At the end of 2012, tunnel ventilation and fire fighting project was implemented. Finally, on February 2013, 15, all superstructure systems with fire extinguishing and ventilation systems were completed. ” Şener added that the tunnel, where passenger and freight trains pass, is the first railway tunnel with illumination between the railway conventional lines, which includes ventilation and fire extinguishing systems.