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The high-speed rail system in Turkey at the current state of development is assumed to be monocentric with Ankara as the main hub. The first high-speed line connecting the capital Ankara to Eskişehir, was commissioned in March 2009. Its length is 245 km, of which 221 km of the newly constructed Sincan – Eskişehir section, and 24 km of the conventional section between Ankara and Sincan. The Ankara - Eskişehir line was at the same time the first section of the Ankara – Istanbul rail corridor. The section between Eskişehir and Pendik was opened in 2014. Further details on this line, as well as the status of works are set out in Chapter II section 7.3.4.
Parameters and location of the lines
The main technical parameters of the high-speed lines planned in Turkey are presented in Table.
Source: UIC Atlas High Speed Rail 2018, Country Questionaire, Revised by TCDD
Status of HSR network planned in Turkey
Source: Own work
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