Polatlı-Konya very high speed line provides high speed connection to Konya from İstanbul, Ankara and Eskişehir.
Route
- Kocahacıli (0 km – intersection with Ankara-Istanbul HST line)
- Yenice (22 km – intersection with Ankara-Izmir HST line)
- Konya (212 km)
Technical Spects
- 212 km
- Max speed: 250 km/h
- Double lines, electrified (25 kV, 50 Hz AC)
- Travel time
- Ankara-Konya: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Eskisehir-Konya: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Istanbul-Konya : 4 hours 20 minutes
- Min radius 3500 m
- Standard railway gauge (1435 mm)
- Max gradient 1,6%
Timetable (as of 01.06.2015)
- Ankara-Konya (7 daily departures in each direction)
- Istanbul-Konya (2 daily departures in each direction)
Ridership
Ankara-Konya
- 2011 : 406 636 (August-December)
- 2012 : 1 371 369
- 2013 : 1 744 605
- No train service on this route until 2010. Share of trains reached to 66% by the end of 2013. In the same period, share of buses dropped to 17% (70% in 2010) and cars dropped to 17% (29% in 2010).
- Occupancy rate: 73% (2013)
Eskisehir-Konya
- 2013 : 198 325 (March- December)
- Share of trains reached to 55% by the end of 2013. Share of buses dropped to 32% (70% before) and private cars to 13% (30% before).
- Occupancy rate: 41% (2013)
Last Status
- Line opened in August 2011 with train service between Ankara and Konya
- In March 2013, Eskisehir-Konya and in December 2014 Istanbul-Konya services started
- Konya-Karaman High Speed Line is under construction as an extension of this line (plan to be completed by 2018)
Stops
Ankara-Konya
- Ankara (0 km)
- Sincan (24 km)
- Polatli (93 km)
- Konya (306 km)
Istanbul-Konya
- Pendik (0 km)
- Gebze (20 km)
- Izmit (68 km)
- Arifiye
- Bilecik
- Bozuyuk (214 km)
- Eskisehir (264 km)
- Konya (626 km)
Ownership and Cost
- TCDD is the owned of the project.
- Added to investment program of government in 2005. Planned to be completed by 2008 and to be costed TL 762 mn.
- Costed TL 1. 1 bn.
- Loose ground in first 100 km from Kocahacili was the main cause of increase in costs.
- As stated by the contractor, Yapi Merkezi, this is the fastest and cheapest high speed line to be constructed in the world.
Rolling Stock
CAF train sets
- Registered as HT65000 in Turkey
- Based on Renfe Class 120
- 6 cars, 413 seats
- Max speed 250 km/h
Siemens Velaro train set
- Registered as HT80000 in Turkey
- First set is Velaro D (Class BR 407)with modifications for Turkey
- 8 cars, 446 seats (+16 seats at restaurant)
- Max speed 320 km/h
History
- 07.2006 – Construction works started
- 07.2009 – Welding of rails started
- 08.2011 – Line opened, Ankara-Konya trains started service
- 03.2013 – Eskisehir-Konya trains started service
- 12.2014 – Istanbul-Konya trains started service
- 05.2015 – First Siemens Velaro started service on this line
Map: Onur Uysal
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Wikipedia – Ankara-Konya high-speed railway
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