Ankara-Sivas high-speed train soon to shorten distance, travel time

Ankara-Sivas high-speed train soon to shorten distance, travel time

The Ankara-Sivas high-speed practice (YHT) line venture is on schedule and can start operation on April 28, following the Ramadan Bayram vacation, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu introduced Tuesday.

Karaismailoğlu acknowledged that the practice line, able to touring at 250 kph (155.34 mph), will scale back the space between Ankara and Sivas from 603 kilometers (374.69 miles) to 405 kilometers, with a journey time of simply two hours. Similarly, the space between Ankara and Yozgat will lower to at least one hour.

Within the scope of the venture, a complete of eight stations, together with Elmadağ, Kırıkkale, Yerköy, Yozgat, Sorgun, Akdağmadeni, Yıldızeli and Sivas, might be operational, offering roughly 1.4 million individuals residing in Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas provinces the chance to journey by high-speed practice.

Thus far, 49 tunnels with a complete size of 66 kilometers, 49 viaducts stretching 27.2 kilometers, the longest tunnel of the venture positioned within the Akdağmadeni area with 5,125 meters (16,814.30 toes), and a railway viaduct in Çerikli-Kırıkkale with 2,220 meters with the best pillars of 88.6 meters in Elmadağ, Ankara, have been accomplished. Notably, home rail was additionally used for the primary time on this venture.

A view shows Sivas station in the Ankara-Sivas high-speed train (YHT) line, in Sivas, Türkiye, April 11, 2023. (AA Photo)

A view reveals Sivas station within the Ankara-Sivas high-speed practice (YHT) line, in Sivas, Türkiye, April 11, 2023. (AA Photo)

Hakan Demirgil, the chairperson of the Sivas Chambers of Craftsmen, advised Anadolu Agency (AA) that they’re eagerly anticipating the YHT traces with pleasure, hopeful that it’ll promote each native and international tourism whereas making a major contribution to the economic system of Sivas and Yozgat.

Meanwhile, Yozgat Mayor Celal Köse acknowledged that the high-speed practice will assist residents of Yozgat in Ankara and can contribute considerably to each nature and thermal tourism. He welcomed individuals from throughout to return and spend their high quality time away from town’s hustle and bustle in Türkiye’s first nationwide park (Çamlık National Park) in Yozgat, which boasts a refreshing breeze at Bozok Plateau.

With a journey time of simply 55 minutes, the YHT will even be an essential service for college kids and college members of Bozok University and the medical doctors working in Ankara, in line with Köse.

Kırıkkale Mayor Mehmet Saygılı acknowledged that the high-speed practice is among the metropolis’s hopes, believing that the Ankara-Sivas YHT Line will carry vital worth to Kırıkkale by attracting many Ankara traders to Türkiye’s first Arms Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ).

The high-speed practice line is projected to revitalize tourism, the economic system and social life within the provinces of Sivas, Yozgat and Kırıkkale alongside the route.

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