The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure introduced the close to completion of a number of megaprojects, together with the Ankara-Sivas High-Speed Train Line, the brand new Zigana Tunnel, the Başakşehir-Kayaşehir metro line and the AKM Gar-Kızılay metro line, that are all set to ease transportation woes within the nation.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu said that on the one hand, they proceed to heal the injuries of the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, and however, work on megaprojects continues all through the nation.
Ankara-Sivas High-Speed Train
With the addition of the Ankara-Sivas high-speed prepare line, which may journey at 250 kph (155 mph), the route between Ankara and Sivas will lower from 603 kilometers to 405 kilometers and the journey time will drop down to 2 hours. The distance between Ankara and Yozgat to 1 hour.
Within the scope of the challenge, a complete of eight stations, specifically Elmadağ, Kırıkkale, Yerköy, Yozgat, Sorgun, Akdağmadeni, Yıldızeli and Sivas, and roughly 1.4 million residing in Kırıkkale, Yozgat and Sivas provinces can have the chance to journey by high-speed prepare.
Some 49 tunnels with a complete size of 66 kilometers, 49 viaducts stretching 27.2 kilometers, the longest tunnel of the challenge positioned within the Akdağmadeni area with 5,125 meters and a railway viaduct in Çerikli-Kırıkkale with 2,220 meters with the very best pillars of 88.6 meters in Ankara-Elmadağ have been accomplished. Domestic rail was additionally used for the primary time throughout this challenge.
Başakşehir-Kayaşehir line
Emphasizing that work continues on the Başakşehir-Pine and Sakura City Hospital-Kayaşehir metro line, Karaismailoğlu said that there are a complete of 4 stations, specifically Onurkent, Çam and Sakura City Hospital, Kayaşehir, and Başakşehir Metrokent, on the 6.2-kilometer lengthy line, including: “Trains designed to travel 80 kilometers per hour can serve 70,000 passengers per hour in one direction. By completing our Başakşehir-Kayaşehir metro line, we will connect it with Çam and Sakura City Hospital, which is one of the most advanced and modern hospitals in the world.”
In addition, the hospital may even be accessible through different public transportation modes. This challenge additionally permits the area to succeed in the airport by metro. Travel time between Metrokent and Özgürlük Square (Bakırköy) is 29 minutes, between Metrokent and Istanbul Airport is 24 minutes, and 23 minutes between Çam and Sakura City Hospital-Bakırköy (Kirazlı).
Zigana Tunnel
Karaismailoğlu said that with the opening of the New Zigana Tunnel on the Silk Road route, which is among the many imaginative and prescient initiatives, transportation would grow to be higher in high quality, quicker and safer.
Explaining that the tunnel was constructed on this route, which connects Trabzon, crucial middle of the jap Black Sea area, to Bayburt, Aşkale and Erzurum through Gümüşhane and carries a excessive visitors load, Karaismailoğlu stated, “The Zigana Tunnel Project extends 14.5 kilometers with a total length reaching 15.1 kilometers with the connection roads. The ventilation systems of the tunnel were built with the vertical shaft structures constructed for the first time in Türkiye in the highway tunnels. This tunnel is also the longest in our country and Europe and the third longest in the world as a long double-tube tunnel.”
Stating that the 90 bends on the present route had been eradicated and the highway was shortened by 8 kilometers, Karaismailoğlu stated: “The travel time was shortened by an average of 20 minutes, 10 minutes for cars and 60 minutes for heavy tonnage vehicles. The uninterrupted and comfortable traffic flow in winter conditions is also ensured.”
Underlining that 100% of home and nationwide assets are getting used within the development, design and management of the tunnel, and its connection roads, Karaismailoğlu emphasised that Turkish engineers and employees constructed the challenge.
AKM-Gar-Kızılay Metro
Explaining that rail system investments proceed not solely in Istanbul however all through the nation, Karaismailoğlu stated that direct metro transportation from Keçiören to Kızılay will likely be supplied with the AKM-Gar-Kızılay metro line, which consists of three stations within the capital Ankara.
Karaismailoğlu said that the road has a capability of 600,000 passengers per day; along with the present 108 prepare automobiles, 324 new technology metro automobiles had been bought by the ministry.
Pointing out that they’ve quadrupled the variety of metro trains engaged on the traces, Karaismailoğlu stated, “We have increased the capacity by revising the metro vehicles storage and maintenance center with an anticipate savings of 9 million euros ($9.78 million).”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
