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Minister Karaismailoğlu: Ankara-Istanbul will be shortened by 14 minutes

Karaismailoğlu, who has been investigating the construction site of the T26 Tunnel in the Demirköy district, which is under construction within the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train Project in Bozüyük district, said that all measures were taken in line with the Ministry of Health’s recommendations regarding the new type of corona virus (Covid-19).

Minister Karaismailoğlu stated that the T26 Tunnel is 6 thousand 800 meters long, and work continues at a distance of 8 thousand 100 meters with its entrance and exit structures.

Explaining that the tunnel between Bozüyük and Bilecik on the Ankara-Istanbul High Speed ​​Train Line will be completed after 14 minutes, Karaismailoğlu said that there was a great revolution on the railroads under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and that it has been working with great devotion for years. .

Touching on the railways, Karaismailoğlu continued his words as follows:

“We completely renewed a 400 kilometer line between Samsun and Sivas. Here we completely dismantled the rails of a line built in 1930; we made it electrified, signaled and put into operation. Again, there is a very humorous work between Ankara and Sivas. Our 1200-kilometer high-speed train line is currently in operation, in operation.

Our whole goal is to increase this to 5,500 kilometers in 2023. Thus, we will have a railway line of 17 thousand 500 kilometers. It reduces traffic congestion when the railway lines are finished and put into operation. In addition, there is a great gain in energy, savings and fuel. Again, high-speed train lines cause huge changes in the economical and social terms in the cities they are located.

Ministers Karaismailoğlu stressing that complete projects on a global scale in Turkey’s iron road, “Our goal is to 2023 as of passenger transport in the share of railways 4 percent, subtract 10 percent of freight. Our work in this direction continues,” he said.

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