Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure and AK Party Trabzon deputy candidate, pointed out that Turkey will jump into a new era in railways with the super-fast train between Ankara and Istanbul, and announced that the travel time will be reduced to 350 minutes with the super-high-speed train, which will reach 89 kilometers per hour.
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure and AK Party Trabzon deputy candidate, stated in his written statement that they are planning not only the present but also the future in railways, as in all transportation modes.
Pointing out that for the last 20 years, during the AK Party governments, they focused on railway investments and introduced high-speed trains to Turkey, Karaismailoğlu said, “Railways are a part of our lives. Our goal is to develop it, to spread the comfort of high-speed trains all over Turkey, and to bring a new era to Turkey in railways.” said.
THE LENGTH OF THE NEW LINE WILL BE 344 KM
Emphasizing that they continue to produce projects in line with this goal, and one of the projects is the super-high-speed train line, Karaismailoğlu gave the following information about the project:
“This will be a completely new line. The line will be built on the Ankara Nallıhan and Sakarya route. We made the feasibility and prepared the projects. The length of the super-high-speed train line will be 344 kilometers. Within the scope of the project, we will construct 14 viaducts with a length of 19 kilometers and 120 tunnels with a length of 52 kilometers. The train will reach a speed of 350 kilometers per hour. Travel time with the super-high-speed train line to be built between Ankara and Istanbul will take 89 minutes, that is, one and a half hours. We will start our project after the election. We will continue to use our existing high-speed train line.”
OUR TARGETS ARE GREAT
Underlining that they will continue to serve Turkey with mega projects after May 20, as they have been for 14 years, Karaismailoğlu said, “Our country's goals are big. That's why we will sign bigger projects. We have already planned them. With our mega projects, we will continue to support our economy, employment, industry and exports in the future, as we did yesterday. We will be hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder as a nation," he said.