Minimum Speed 200 Km in High Speed Train: Lütfi Elvan, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, answered the questions of the deputies at the TBMM Plan and Budget Committee.
Minister of High Speed Train questions Elvan; We will have high-speed train lines from Samsun to Çorum, Yozgat Yerköy and from there to the Mediterranean. From Edirne ÇerkezköyWe will have a high-speed railway line from Çerközköy to Kars. For Edirne Çerkezköy- We have a high-speed train project, which was previously carried out in Edirne up to Kapıkule and presented to the EU. However, the point we cannot agree with the EU is at the speed of the high-speed train. Therefore, we want it to be at a minimum speed of 200 km. The speed limit prescribed here is 140. The negotiations for this continue. We will make an infrastructure investment that will make 200 km in passenger and 120 km in load. It is one of your priority areas for us. With the EU, this is funded by the EU. Our talks with the EU are continuing. If an agreement is reached, we will be able to start this in 2015. In railways, we have a high-speed train project, which also extends from Izmir to Central Anatolia and then to the Mediterranean and Habur. We know the heavy traffic density on the Habur route. We have to build a high-speed train for freight transport, he replied.
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