Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, “The number of provinces receiving high-speed train service is Ankara-İzmir, Mersin-Adana-Gaziantep, Halkalı"When we complete all our high-speed train projects such as Kapıkule, we will increase the number to 52," he said.
TOTAL RAIL LINE LENGTH WILL EXCEED 28 THOUSAND
Minister Uraloğlu said that they added approximately 2003 thousand kilometers to the railway length, which was approximately 11 thousand kilometers in 2023, as of 2, of which 250 thousand 3 kilometers are High Speed Train (YHT) and high-speed train lines, thus increasing the railway length to 14 thousand kilometers. Minister Uraloğlu used the following statements:
“We will increase our railway line length to 28 thousand 590 kilometers. Currently, our construction work continues on approximately 3 thousand 800 kilometers of new railway line. In addition, the project work of approximately 5 thousand 800 kilometers of line has been completed and our survey and project work continues on another 5 thousand kilometers. In addition, with our 2053 net zero emission target, we plan to reduce road transportation from 72 percent to 57 percent and increase railway freight transportation from 5 percent to 22 percent. In this way, we will achieve a significant reduction in carbon emissions.”
SILK ROAD PROJECT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR Türkiye
Emphasizing the strategic importance of Turkey in international freight and passenger transportation, which is located in the middle corridor of the iron Silk Road between Asia and Europe, reaching from China to London, Uraloğlu said, "We consider the One Belt One Road Project as an important opportunity."
Uraloğlu continued as follows: In order for the middle corridor of this project to be the New Silk Road, as we call it, we are implementing projects that will complete the missing transportation connections in the east-west and north-south axis within the country. The realization of the 'Iron Silk Road' stretching from London to Beijing is one of the tasks we handle meticulously. Marmaray, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Line and Ankara-based core high-speed train lines that we have built in the last 21 years are also products of this vision.”