Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, “With the Kırıkkale-Çorum-Samsun High Speed Train Line, we will bring high-speed trains first from Kırıkkale to Çorum and then to Samsun. "With the completion of the project, the travel time between Ankara and Samsun, which takes 7 hours by road, will be 2 hours and 45 minutes." said.
Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, in his statement to the press in Samsun, where he went to examine transportation investments on site on February 28, 2024, stated that they have produced new projects and huge investments have been implemented depending on Samsun's growth rate and increasing traffic density.
“We Invested Approximately 73 Billion 391 Million Liras in Samsun for Transportation and Communication Infrastructure”
Uraloğlu stated that approximately 2002 billion 73 million liras have been invested in Samsun's transportation and communication infrastructure since 391.
While touching on the highway investments made in Samsun, Uraloğlu stated that the work of 10 different highway projects is continuing and gave information about railway investments.
“We Put the 509 Kilometer-Long Samsun-Sarp Railway Project on the Agenda”
Emphasizing that the high-speed train network has become more widespread throughout Turkey, Uraloğlu stated that the Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train line was opened after the Ankara-Eskişehir, Ankara-Konya, Eskişehir-İstanbul and Konya-Karaman lines.
Uraloğlu stated that their current goal is to deliver the high-speed train network to the Black Sea and shared good news. Stating that they will bring high-speed trains first from Kırıkkale to Çorum and then to Samsun with the Kırıkkale-Çorum-Samsun High Speed Train Line, Uraloğlu said, "With the completion of the project, the travel time between Ankara and Samsun, which takes 7 hours by road, will be 2 hours 45 minutes." said.
Uraloğlu stated that they also put the 509 kilometer long Samsun-Sarp Railway project on the agenda and stated that they will start the project work within this year.