The scope, rotue, stops and history of Bursa-Osmaneli high speed train line which is under construction:

Below post was prepared in 2018. Please check our new article about up-to-date and detailed information about Konya Karaman high speed line.

Project overview

• Owner: Turkish State Railways
• Phases:
  1. Construction of double-lane railway for a speed of 200 km/h
  2. Signalization and electrification
• Contractor:
  • Infrastructure/tracks: Kolin-Gülermak
  • Signalization: Yapı Merkezi–Elsitel
  • Electrification: Yapı Merkezi
• Contract date: Infrastructure/tracks: 1/2014
• Contract duration: Infrastructure/tracks: 16 months
• Contract deadline: Infrastructure/tracks: 5/2015
• Contract value:
  • Infrastructure/tracks: TL 235 mn
  • Signalization: € 68 mn
  • Electrification: TL 56.5 mn
• Commission date: Infrastructure/tracks: 1/2017

Route

Stops/connections

Konya (connection to Istanbul-Konya and Ankara-Konya HSTs) – Karaman

Trains

• Ankara Konya HST
• Istanbul Konya HST
• Konya Karaman train
• Toros Express

Project details

The current single-lane conventional line will be upgraded to high speed (200 km/h), signalized and electrified double-lane line. All level crossing will be eliminated.

• Line length: 102 km
• Travel time: Konya-Karaman: 40 Ankara-Karaman: 130 min

Cover photo: TCDD ©