Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway

Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway
Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway
	The railway just north of Konya.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Locale	Central Anatolia
Termini	Polatlı; Konya;
Stations	1
Service
Type	High-speed rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
Depot(s)	Güvercinlik Yard; New Etimesgut Yard
Rolling stock	HT65000, HT80000
History
Opened	23 August 2011
Technical
Line length	212 km (131.73 mi) (From Polatlı to Konya)
Number of tracks	Double track
Character	Passenger line
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loading gauge	TCDD gross gauge
Minimum radius	6500 m
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	250 km/h (160 mph); 300 km/h (190 mph) Future
Signalling	ETCS Level 2
Maximum incline	16 ‰
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Ank-Ist HSR to Istanbul/Ankara
	Ist-Ank rwy to Ankara
	Istanbul-Ankara railway
	to Istanbul
	Polatlı-İzmir HSR
	to İzmir
	Ankara
	Konya
	Eskişehir-Konya railway
	to Eskişehir
	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.