The scope, route, stops, connections, statistics, targets and history of Ankara-Istanbul very high speed line, some phases of which was commissioned and others under construction:
Project overview
- Owner: Turkish State Railways
- Project cost: TL 9.9 bn
- Commission date: 13th Mar 2009 (Ankara-Eskişehir); 25th July 2014 (Eskişehir-İstanbul)
Phases
- Ankara-Sincan: Started service in Mar 2009. Completed in April 208.
- Sincan-Esenkent: Started service in Mar 2009. Completed in Dec 2009.
- Esenkent-Eskisehir: Commissioned in Mar 2009.
- Eskisehir under pass: Service started in Mar 2009 on conventional line. Under pass commissioned in May 2014.
- Eskisehir-İnonu: Commissioned in 2014.
- Inonu-Vezirhan: Service started in 2014. Due to problems in tunnel construction, bypass line is used in one part.
- Vezirhan-Kosekoy: Under construction. Started service in 2014 using conventional line via Arifiye.
- Kosekoy-Gebze: Started service in 2014 without signalization.
- Gebze-Pendik: Started service in 2014 using 2 tracks of Marmaray project.
- Pendik-Haydarpasa-Halkali: Expected to start service by the end of 2018, as a part of Marmaray project.
Route

Stops/connections
Ankara – Eryaman – Polatli – Eskisehir – Bozuyuk – Bilecik – Arifiye – Izmit – Gebze – Pendik (Istanbul)
Trains
Cover photo: Dusko Djuric ©
Categories: Railway Infrastructure
“03.03.2009 – Ankara-Eskisehir section opened”
Actually it was on March 13th, 2009.
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Thanks, you’re right, will correct now..
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