Travel time between Ankara-Istanbul to be reduced to 80 minutes

Adil KARAISMAILOGLU, Chairman of the “Grand National Assembly Public Works, Zoning, Transport and Tourism Commission” said, “We are reducing Ankara-Istanbul with one of the most important prestige projects in Turkey and one of the largest technological projects in the world, to 80 minutes. It is a very important investment that will completely bury the aircraft in history. We will provide 350 kilometers of comfort to our country”. The travel time will go down to 80 minutes.

The 10th International Railway, Light Rail Systems, Infrastructure and Logistics Fair was held at the Istanbul Exhibition Center located in Yeşilköy. On the last day of the fair, the Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Public Works, Zoning, Transport and Tourism Commission and AK Party Trabzon Deputy Adil Karaismailoğlu participated as a speaker.

WE ARE REDUCING ANKARA-ISTANBUL TRAVEL TIME TO 80 MINUTES

The chairman said the following: “We are reducing Ankara-Istanbul, one of the most important prestige projects in Turkey and one of the biggest technological projects in the world, to 80 minutes. 80 minutes dear friends. It is a very important investment that will completely bury the aircraft in history. We will provide 350 kilometers of comfort to our country. This is a similar project to the Shinkansen between Osaka and Tokyo. This is a line with a speed of exactly 350 kilometers. We will Decrement it to 80 minutes between Ankara-Beypazarı-Narlihan-Akyazi via Adapazarı, Kocaeli and Kizilay-Sogutluçeşme, which will extend to Sogutluçeşme. It is exactly 344 kilometers long. it has been designed as a tunnel at exactly 120 kilometers, including 52 units.”

“Currently, we have a high-speed train line with a length of 2 thousand 251 km, but we also have a high-speed train and rail system investment with a length of 3 thousand 795 km, which is under construction. When we realize this investment, our country will be 8th in the high-speed train management of the world. He will have a country. When we realize the planned lines, Turkey will have already achieved a rail system network far above the countries of the world.”