Making evaluations on the 2-year travel data of the Karaman-Konya-Ankara, Karaman-Konya-Istanbul YHT line, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that Karaman is the eighth province to meet YHT, thanks to the railway vision put forward in Turkey in 2003.
Minister Uraloğlu stated that an average of 2 thousand 200 passengers travel per day by the Ankara-Konya-Karaman high-speed train, a daily passenger record was broken with 15 thousand 2022 passengers on January 3, 361, and an average of 400 passengers are carried daily by the Karaman-Konya-Istanbul high-speed train. He reminded that a transportation record was achieved with 14 passengers per day in January 2022.
Expressing that reaching other cities has become more convenient and faster with YHT-connected combined transportation, as in all our high-speed train lines, Uraloğlu emphasized that passengers can reach Adana in a shorter time with the YHT-connected Toros Express.
“2 HOURS 40 MINUTES BETWEEN ANKARA AND KARAMAN”
Stating that a total of 2 trips were carried out, 4 between Istanbul and Karaman and 6 between Ankara and Karaman, and that additional trips were organized to meet the increasing demand during holidays and semester holidays, Uraloğlu said, “With the high-speed trains reaching Karaman, the average travel time between Konya and Karaman is 40 minutes.” "The travel time between Ankara-Konya-Karaman was 2 hours 40 minutes, and the travel time between Istanbul-Karaman was 6 hours." shared his knowledge.
Karaman high speed trains; It stops at 5 intermediate stations on the Ankara route: Eryaman, Polatlı, Selçuklu, Konya and Çumra, and on the Istanbul line at Bakırköy, Söğütlüçeşme, Bostancı, Pendik, Gebze, İzmit, Arifiye, Bilecik, Bozüyük, Eskişehir, Selçuklu, Konya and Çumra stations.
On the other hand, with the 102-kilometer Konya-Karaman high-speed train line, speed and capacity were increased not only in passenger transportation but also in freight transportation. Freight trains are also operated on the line, whose capacity has been increased to 60 pairs of trains.
“The NUMBER OF PROVINCES WITH HIGH-SPEED TRAIN WILL BE INCREASED TO 52.
In addition, within the framework of the Transport 2053 Vision, works to extend the Konya-Karaman high speed railway line to Ulukışla-Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep continue. Within the framework of this vision, the number of provinces connected to high-speed trains will be increased to 52.
