Speaking at the farewell ceremony of the Touristic Diyarbakır Express, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu emphasized that they have added approximately 2002 thousand kilometers to the railway length, which was 10 thousand 948 kilometers in 2023, as of 2, 251 thousand 3 kilometers of which are YHT and High Speed train lines.
Underlining that the high-speed trains operated by TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ reach 11 cities directly and 9 cities indirectly through combined transportation with train or bus connections, Uraloğlu said that it is possible to explore almost every corner of the heavenly homeland with regional and mainline trains operated on conventional lines with improved infrastructure and superstructure. said that. Underlining that in addition to offering breathtaking views to those traveling on these routes, they also offer the opportunity to discover new places, Uraloğlu said, “With an innovative and visionary perspective, we continue to enrich our train services with new routes to serve tourism as well as freight and passenger transportation.
3 Thousand Kilometers of New Railway Added
Emphasizing that they added approximately 2002 thousand kilometers to the railway length, which was 10 thousand 948 kilometers in 2023, as of 2, 251 thousand 3 kilometers of which are YHT and High Speed train lines, Uraloğlu said, “We increased our railway network to 13 thousand 919 kilometers. We introduced our country to High Speed Train operation and made it the 6th high speed train operator in Europe and the 8th in the world. We have carried 85 million passengers so far with High Speed Trains. "In summary, we have achieved such a breakthrough in the railways in the last 22 years that from now on, no one will be able to neglect the railways or attempt to stop these investments," he said.