Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeLoading gaugeTCDD gross gaugeMinimum radius6500 m^[2]Electrification25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line^[3]Operating speed250 km/h (160 mph)^[3]
300 km/h (190 mph) Future^[4]SignallingETCS Level 2Maximum incline16 ‰

Route map

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Legend

distance

Ank-Ist HSR to Istanbul/Ankara

Ist-Ank rwy to Ankara

Istanbul-Ankara railway

to Istanbul

Polatlı junction

Yenice siding

Polatlı-İzmir HSR
to İzmir

D.650

Şeyhahmetli siding

Ankara

Konya

Özyayla siding

128

Kolukısa siding

147

Karatepe siding

Eskişehir-Konya railway
to Eskişehir

Pınarbaşı

Kayacık

Kayacık yard

Horozluhan

D.300

207

Selçuklu YHT

211

Konya

Konya–Yenice railway

to Yenice

The Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway (Turkish: Polatlı-Konya yüksek hızlı demiryolu) is a 211 km (131 mi) long high-speed railway running from the town of Polatlı to the central Anatolian city of Konya.

History

The railway is used by the Turkish State Railways' premier high-speed passenger service, Yüksek Hızlı Tren, which operates two routes on the line; Istanbul-Konya and Ankara-Konya. The railway was opened on 23 August 2011, making it the second high-speed railway in Turkey.^[5]

Construction of the railway started on 8 July 2006 and was finished in mid-2011 at a cost of TL1 billion ($330 million).^[6] On 3 June 2011, TCDD HT65001 Piri Reis made the inaugural test run with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım; departing Ankara and arriving at Konya with large media fanfare. Test runs continued for two and a half months until the line was opened to commercial traffic on 23 August.

Gallery

An HT65000 EMU on the line.
Konya Central Station
High Speed Train network

References

^ "Polatlı Konya yüksek hızlı tren hattı". 2015-06-10.
^ "Brochure from the constructor" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Opening of Ankara - Konya fast line completes strategic link". Railway Gazette. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
^ "Ankara-Konya arası 300 km hızla geçilecek". 2015-11-05.
^ "Invensys commissions ERTMS solution on Turkish High Speed Line". European Railway Review. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
^ "High-Speed Rail Line Connecting Ankara-Konya Concluded". Turkish Weekly. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

High-speed rail in Turkey

Service

Yüksek Hızlı Tren

Lines

Under construction/ Planned	Bandırma–Osmaneli higher-speed railway Polatlı–Izmir high-speed railway Istanbul-Kapıkule higher-speed railway Bilecik - Bandırma-Balıkesir high-speed railway Mersin–Adana–Gaziantep higher-speed railway Sivas–Kars high-speed railway Ankara–Kayseri high-speed railway Karaman-Ulukışla higher-speed railway Konya–Antalya high-speed railway

Stations

Rolling stock

Accidents

Lines in italics are under construction.

High-speed railway lines

High-speed rail
High-speed rail by country
Commons

Africa

Morocco	Casablanca–Tangier

Asia

China	Coastal corridor* Beijing–Shanghai Beijing–Hong Kong Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau) Guangzhou–Hong Kong Hohhot–Nanning Beijing–Kunming Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou Suifenhe–Manzhouli Beijing–Lanzhou* Qingdao–Yinchuan Lianyungang–Ürümqi Shanghai–Chengdu Shanghai–Kunming Guangzhou–Kunming
Indonesia	Whoosh HSR
Japan	Hokkaido Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Jōetsu Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Saudi Arabia	Haramain HSR
South Korea	Gyeongbu HSR Line Honam HSR Line Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR Line Gyeonggang Line (Wonju-Gangneung) Jungang Line (Cheongnyangni-Dodam)*
Taiwan	Taiwan HSR
Turkey	Ankara–Istanbul Ankara–Sivas Polatlı–Konya Konya–Karaman*
Uzbekistan	Tashkent–Samarkand Samarkand–Bukhara

Europe

Belgium	HSL 1 HSL 2 HSL 3* HSL 4
Denmark	Copenhagen–Ringsted
Finland	Kerava-Lahti* St. Petersburg-Helsinki*
France	LGV Atlantique LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire LGV Est LGV Interconnexion Est LGV Méditerranée LGV Nord LGV Rhin-Rhône LGV Rhône-Alpes LGV Sud-Est LGV Sud Europe Atlantique LGV Perpignan–Barcelona*
Germany	Cologne–Düren* Cologne–Frankfurt Erfurt–Leipzig Hanover–Würzburg Mannheim–Stuttgart* Nuremberg–Ingolstadt Nuremberg–Erfurt Rastatt–Offenburg Wendlingen–Ulm Wolfsburg–Berlin
Greece	Athens–Thessaloniki*
Italy	Bologna–Florence Florence–Rome Milan–Bologna Milan–Verona Naples–Salerno Rome–Naples Turin–Milan
Netherlands	HSL-Zuid
Norway	Gardermoen Line
Poland	Grodzisk–Zawiercie*
Russia	Moscow–St.Petersburg* St. Petersburg-Helsinki*
Spain	Atlantic Axis Barcelona–Perpignan* Madrid–Barcelona Madrid–León Madrid–Malaga Madrid–Seville Madrid–Toledo Madrid–Levante
Sweden	Bothnia Line
United Kingdom	High Speed 1

North America

United States	Northeast Corridor*

Oceania

None

South America

None

* An asterisk indicates overlap with conventional services.

Railway lines in Turkey

District 1

Main	Istanbul–Ankara Istanbul–Pythio Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad
Branch	Arifye–Adapazarı Muratlı–Tekirdağ Mandıra–Kırklareli ~~Feneryolu–Fenerbahçe~~

District 2

Main	Istanbul–Ankara Ankara–Kars Irmak–Zonguldak Ulukışla–Boğazköprü ~~Ereğli–Armutçuk~~
Branch	Sincan–Kazan Soda

District 3

Main	İzmir–Eğirdir¹ İzmir–Afyonkarahisar Manisa–Bandırma Torbalı–Ödemiş
Branch	Çatal–Tire Ortaklar–Söke Goncalı–Denizli Menemen–Aliağa Çobanisa–Kemalpaşa

District 4

Main	Ankara–Kars Kars–Tbilisi Kars–Baku Samsun–Kalın Samsun–Çarşamba
Branch	Hanlı–Bostankaya bypass Tecer–Kangal bypass Samsun–Azot

District 5

Main	Malatya–Çetinkaya Fevzipașa–Kurtalan Yolçatı–Tatvan Van–Sufian

District 6

Main	Adana–Mersin Konya–Yenice Fevzipașa–Kurtalan Toprakkale–İskenderun Adana–Aleppo Narlı–Karkamış Aleppo–Nusaybin
Branch	Köprüağzı–Kahramanmaraş Şenyurt–Mardin

District 7

Main	Eskişehir–Konya Afyon–Karakuyu Balıkesir–Alayunt İzmir–Afyonkarahisar İzmir–Eğirdir
Branch	Gümüşgün–Burdur Bozanönü–Isparta Kütahya–Seyitömer Tavşanlı–Tunçbilek Sütlaç–Çivril