Railway projects do not slow down

Railway projects do not slow down: Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project, also known as the "Iron Silk Road", is among the attraction centers covering 23 cities in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. He stated that he will play an important role in the region. The project area is in Beijing to become one of the important centers of the Silk Road extending London Arslan stressed the future of Turkey and the whole of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Asian countries of Europe will make it easier to reach a corridor said they have created.

Only after the completion of the Baku-Kars-Tbilisi connection, Arslan noted that there will be an international transport potential that will reach 50 million tons annually through continuous rail transportation between Europe and the Caucasus. He said that the line will be equipped with a capacity of 1 million passengers and 6,5 million tons of cargo carrying capacity.

Arslan, the project, Kars, Ardahan, Igdir, Agri, Erzurum, Erzincan, Gumushane and Bayburt pointed out the importance for the provinces within the scope of such centers of interest, said:

“Uninterrupted rail transport is very important for the products to be produced in that region, the raw material to be brought to the region, and the delivery of the finished product to the markets of that region. Many investors who will invest in logistics centers in Eastern Anatolia and send the materials from there to other geographies by rail are waiting for this project. The project has about two months of work remaining. However, it is a bit difficult to do construction work in cold weather conditions in January and February. We will have implemented the project in the first half of the year with two months of intense work in March-April. This project will form an integrity with the logistics centers we have built in Kars in Erzurum. It is an important project for the development and welfare of the region. "

"We are putting Konya-Karaman line into service until the end of the year"

Armstrong, the first high-speed train line in Turkey that went into service in 2009 between Ankara and Eskisehir recalled in 2011, Ankara-Konya, Eskişehir-Konya line in 2013, said he started to transport passengers.

Turkey's and Europe's 6th, the world's 8th Arslan striking to YHT operator position, "Ankara, Eskişehir, Bilecik, Bursa, Istanbul YHT line trying to Pendik. Ankara-Konya, Konya-Eskişehir-Istanbul are working. There is no section in the Ankara-Sivas YHT line that we have not started construction. We started the tender processes for its superstructure. Our goal is to provide uninterrupted transportation from Istanbul to Sivas via Ankara at the end of 2018. " he spoke.

Arslan, Turkey 3 will bring together two of the largest city in the Ankara-Izmir YHT remain part that made construction contract in the project, said in 2019 in Ankara-Izmir YHT line also said they want to complete.

In addition to high-speed train projects, Arslan points out that high-speed train projects are continuing, and that Konya-Karaman-Ulukışla-Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep high-speed train project continues the construction works between Konya-Karaman and Adana-Gaziantep. said that they foresee to take into service by the end of the year.

Arslan stated that the tender process of the Sivas-Zara line, which is the first part of the Sivas-Erzincan high-speed train project, whose tender process is ongoing, continues, and the works continue from Yerköy to Kayseri.

"Halkalı-We will tender the Kapıkule line this year "

Arslan, who also made evaluations regarding the Samsun-Çorum-Kırıkkale High Speed ​​Railway Project, said that the project included in the investment program as a study-project will be Samsun-Merfizon (95 kilometers), Merzifon-Çorum (96 kilometers), Çorum-Kırıkkale (95 kilometers). He stated that it consists of 3 line segments. Arslan stated that all three sections have completed their study projects this year and the final project tender processes are continuing. Arslan stated that the construction process will begin after completing the final projects of the Ankara-Samsun high-speed train project.

Pointing out that they are aiming to integrate the YHT line with the high speed train until Kars, Arslan said, “HalkalıWe will tender YHT that goes to Kapıkule from Europe. We will connect the main spine that comes from Edirne and extends to Kars to Samsun, thus bringing the Black Sea by high-speed train. We will have brought it down to the Mediterranean. We continue our YHT projects both on the east-west axis and on the north-south axis. ” used expressions.

Arslan will be integrated into the Ankara-Istanbul YHT line.Halkalı Reminding that they experienced serious difficulties in the improvement of suburban lines within the scope of the Railway Project, he said:

“YHTs are used from Gebze to Pendik. In order to use suburban trains, the part from Pendik to Ayrılıkçeşme and from Kazlıçeşme HalkalıConstruction works have accelerated on both sides of the part of the city, both on the European and Anatolian sides. In a place like Istanbul, which we care a lot, we experienced difficulties caused by contractors in the project, which is the continuation of Marmaray and will serve 1 million passengers a day. These problems have been resolved and the work continues at full speed. At the end of 2018, with the completion of this work, a YHT departing from Sivas, using Marmaray, under the sea Halkalıto go as far as. "