Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway

Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway
A TCDD HT65000 on the Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Status	Operational
Locale	Central Anatolia
Termini	Polatlı Konya
Stations	1
Operation
Opened	23 August 2011
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	Turkish State Railways
Depot(s)	Güvercinlik Yard New Etimesgut Yard Future
Rolling stock	HT65000, HT80000
Technical
Line length	212 km (131.73 mi) (From Polatlı to Konya)[1]
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	3500 m
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line[2]
Operating speed	250 km/h (160 mph)[2]
Maximum incline	16 ‰
Route map Legend Distance Station Ankara-Istanbul HSR to Istanbul Istanbul–Ankara railway to Ankara 0 km Ankara-Istanbul HSR to Ankara Istanbul–Ankara railway to Istanbul Polatlı railway maintenance Yard Polatlı-Izmir high-speed railway 21 km (13.0 mi) Yenice siding D695 56 km (34.8 mi) Şeyhahmetli siding Ankara Province/Konya Province 82 km (51.0 mi) Özyayla siding 128 km (79.5 mi) Kolukısa siding 147 km (91.3 mi) Karatepe siding Eskişehir–Konya railway to Eskişehir Pınarbaşı Horozluhan 211 km (131.1 mi) Konya Konya–Nusaybin railway to Nusaybin

The planned Turkish high-speed rail network

The Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway (Turkish: Polatlı-Konya yüksek hızlı demiryolu) is a 211 km (131 mi) long high-speed railway running from the town of Polatlı to the central Anatolian city of Konya.

The railway is used by the Turkish State Railways' premier high-speed passenger service, Yüksek Hızlı Tren, which operates two routes on the line; Istanbul-Konya and Ankara-Konya. The railway was opened on 23 August 2011, making it the second high-speed railway in Turkey.^[3]

Construction of the railway started on 8 July 2006 and was finished in mid-2011 at a cost of TL1 billion ($330 million).^[4] On 3 June 2011, TCDD HT65001 Piri Reis made the inaugural test run with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım; departing Ankara and arriving at Konya with large media fanfare. Test runs continued for two and a half months until the line was opened to commercial traffic on 23 August.

Gallery

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  Konya Central Station
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  High Speed Train network

See also

• High-speed rail in Turkey

References

1. http://tr.railturkey.org/2015/06/10/konya-polatli-yuksek-hizli-tren-hatti/
2. "Opening of Ankara - Konya fast line completes strategic link". Railway Gazette. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
3. "Invensys commissions ERTMS solution on Turkish High Speed Line". European Railway Review. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
4. "High-Speed Rail Line Connecting Ankara-Konya Concluded". Turkish Weekly. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.