Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu examined the ongoing works at the Yerköy-Kayseri High Speed Train Line Düver Construction Site, which will be integrated with the Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train Line when completed within the scope of the Kayseri program, and evaluated the latest situation in the project. Minister Uraloğlu made a statement here, within the scope of the project; Stating that they have established their construction sites in Yerköy ⁇ Cakcak ⁇ and Kayseri ⁇ Düver ⁇ regions, we continue the installation of our construction site in ⁇ Yenifakılı region. In the Yerköy region, works on soil works, art structures and tunnel portals continue at full speed. We completed the excavation support works in the GT-2 Tunnel. In the Kayseri region; Tunnel Portal excavation support works are continuing. We aim to finish our project in the first half of 2028. ⁇ said.
LENGTH OF YERKÖY-KAYSERİ FAST TRAIN LINE 142 KİLOMETER
Minister Uraloğlu stated that the length of the Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed train line is 142 kilometers and stated that they built a new double-line, electric and signal train line between Yerköy-Şefaatli-Kayseri, which can be speeded up to 250 kilometers per hour, and we designed 3 stations: ⁇ Şefaatli, Yenifakıli and Himmetde. Within the scope of the project; We are also building 21 tunnels with a length of 20.3 kilometers, 18 railway bridges with a length of 2,572 meters, 224 culverts and 27 overpasses and 92 underpasses.
⁇ WE WILL CONTROL 11 MILLION PASSENGERS AND 650 THOUSAND TONS OF LOAD TRANSPORTATION PER YEAR ⁇
Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that Turkey will integrate with Ankara-Sivas High-Speed Train Line when they implement it in accordance with the goal of creating a double-line railway corridor on the East-West and North-South axis to support the Trans-Asian middle corridor, and thus Kayseri ⁇ will directly meet the comfort of high-speed train. Uraloğlu, ⁇ We will have the opportunity to carry 11 million passengers and 650 thousand tons of cargo per year. With the existing conventional rail connection; Between Ankara and Kayseri, which takes 7 hours, will be reduced to only 1 hour and 45 minutes, and fast, safe and economical transportation will be provided to Istanbul in 5.5 hours. Think of it like this: our university students who live in Kayseri ⁇ and study in Ankara ⁇ can spend their weekends with their families on a short and comfortable journey such as 1 hour and 45 minutes after leaving school on Friday evenings, or our citizens who want to do a different activity on weekends and discover new places will not grow in their eyes when they want to go from Ankara ⁇ to Kayseri ⁇ or from Kayseri ⁇ to Ankara ⁇ . Undoubtedly, these travels will improve the tourism and trade activities of both our cities. Again, for example, our citizens from Kayseri, who have a wedding in Istanbul, will be able to leave even on the wedding day if they want, since their journey will only take 5.5 hours. They won't think about accommodation... ⁇ he said.
242 MILLION EURO WINS WILL BE PROVIDED A YEAR
Uraloğlu also mentioned the contribution of the completion of the project to the economy, ⁇ We will provide approximately 242 million Euros a year, including 115 million Euros in terms of operating maintenance cost, 90 million Euros in terms of passenger time savings, 5 million Euros in terms of time savings in freight transportation and 32 million Euros in terms of reducing carbon emissions. ⁇
YERKÖY QUICK TRAIN STATION OPENED TO SERVICE
Minister Uraloğlu gave the good news that the Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train Line Yerköy High Speed Train Station was opened to the use of citizens today and announced that the official opening will take place in the following days. Uraloğlu stated that they made serious investments, improvement, renewal and development moves in railways between 2002-2024, and we increased our line length from 10 thousand 948 kilometers in 2002 to 13 thousand 919 kilometers. We built a 2,252-kilometer high-speed train line. We introduced our country to our half-century dream of high-speed train management and made it the 6th high-speed train operator in Europe and the 8th high-speed train operator in the world. For many years, we have transformed railway travels, which are not preferred by our citizens, into the first address of those who want fast and comfortable travel. ⁇ said.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOURNEIES MADE IN OUR HIGH-SPEED TRAIN LINES TODAY HAS PASSED 89 MILLION
Uraloğlu, reminding that the cities that met the first High-Speed Train in Turkey with the Eskişehir-Ankara line in 2009 were Ankara and Eskişehir, the high-speed train management that started between Ankara and Eskişehir; He stated that it continues on Ankara-Istanbul, Ankara-Konya, Konya-Eskişehir, Istanbul-Konya, Konya-Karaman and Ankara-Sivas routes that were put into service last year. Uraloğlu, ⁇ To date, the total number of trips made on our high-speed train lines has exceeded 89 million. I mean, we've moved more than our population. Currently, our high-speed train lines provide direct service to 11 cities and indirect service to 9 cities with regional and bus connections, reaching 50 ⁇ percent of the population of our country. ⁇
ANKARA-SIVAS LINE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF EAST-WEST FAST RAILWAY PROTECTION
Uraloğlu stated that the Ankara-Sivas Line is not only a line connecting the two cities, but also an important part of the East-West high speed railway corridor extending from Edirne ⁇ to Kars ⁇ , and the Ankara-Kayseri High Speed Train line will be connected to this line with the completion of the ⁇ Yerköy Kayseri line. Again, our high speed train line, which will connect Samsun and Ankara ⁇ , will be connected to our Ankara-Sivas Line via Delice. Of course, in the continuation of Sivas ⁇ ; With the Kars-Iğdır- Dilucu high speed train projects to be connected to Sivas-Erzincan, Erzincan-Erzurum, Erzurum-Kars and Zengezur Corridor, Dilucu and Ankara high speed train connection will also be provided. ⁇ said.
⁇ WE ARE PLANNING TO REMOVE THE ANNUAL AVERAGE 19.5 MILLION PASSENGERS OF RAILWAY TO 270 MILLION ⁇
Uraloğlu underlined that they aim to reduce the share of 72 percent freight transportation on highways to 57 percent in line with their targets for 2053, and to increase the transportation share of railways from 5 percent to 22 percent, and we plan to increase the number of passengers, which is an average of 19.5 million annually, in passenger transportation of railways to 270 million. In order to achieve these goals, in order to develop our railway network; Our construction works continue on the lines of Ankara-İzmir, Bandırma-Bursa-Osmaneli, Halkalı-Kapıkule, Mersin-Gaziantep, Karaman-Ulukışla-Mersin-Adana and Yerköy-Kayseri, which brought us together. ⁇
⁇ WE AIM TO UPGRADE OUR RAILWAY LINE LENGTH TO 29 THOUSAND KILLOMETERS ⁇
Uraloğlu said that they have put the Ankara-Istanbul Super Speed Train Line project on the agenda and completed the preliminary project work, and that they plan to reduce the travel time between Ankara and Istanbul to 80 minutes with trains that will reach 350 kilometers per hour on this line. According to our Transport and Logistics master plan for 2053, we aim to increase our railway line length to 29 thousand kilometers. With the high speed train lines planned from Iğdır ⁇ , Kars ⁇ tan, Ankara ⁇ ya, Kapıkule ⁇ , we will complete a transportation network that supports the Middle Corridor in an important way. ⁇
Underlining that when they inaugurated the Yerköy-Kayseri High Speed Train Line, they will experience the pride of successfully completing another prestige project of Turkey, Minister Uraloğlu continued his words as follows:
⁇ On behalf of our country, we will turn a very big and important project from a dream into a reality. Our line will be a locomotive for the development of Kayseri and the whole region, which is the pride of our country, and will accelerate the region even more in terms of trade and tourism. With these thoughts, I would like to thank all contractor companies and employees of the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments who carry out our project from their workers to their engineers, and I wish them trouble-free work without accidents.. ⁇
