Ankara – Sivas high-speed line
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| Route length: | 467 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 25 kV / 50 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 250 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The high-speed line Ankara – Sivas is a railway line of the Turkish state railway TCDD , which connects Ankara , capital of Turkey , and the provincial capital Sivas with a high-speed line and drastically shortens the travel time between the two cities.
Geographical conditions
The previous railway connection between Ankara and Sivas takes an arc that swings far south over Kayseri and is 602 km long. The new connection uses the existing route to Kırıkkale ( route kilometers 92.3). The new line to Sivas begins from here .
On the conventional route, travelers between Ankara and Sivas took about 10 hours. The travel time on the new line will be 2 hours and 50 minutes.
The new line is part of an east-west corridor from Istanbul to Baku ( Azerbaijan ) via Erzincan , Erzurum , Kars and Tbilisi ( Georgia ).
Technical parameters
The 405 km long high-speed line includes 49 tunnels with a total length of 66 km and 664 bridges. The existing line between Ankara and Kırıkkale has been expanded and upgraded for 140 km / h. The new line east of Kırıkkale is designed for a maximum speed of 250 km / h. Both route sections are electrified with 25 kV / 50 Hz , have two tracks and are equipped with ETCS Level 1 . The route is intended to be used by both passenger and freight traffic .
history
Construction work on a first section began on March 13, 2009. The line was originally scheduled to go into operation in 2018. At the end of November 2018 it was announced that the line would go into operation at the end of 2019. The test drives began on March 5, 2020, with Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan accompanying a test train. The opening of the route is now planned for mid-2020 [obsolete] . The construction of the connection cost 1.3 billion euros. For the planned operation are first four pairs of trains per day are planned.
literature
- Thomas Estler: Fast trains worldwide , transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-71276-8 , p. 96.
Web links
- Testing underway on Ankara - Siva's high speed line . In: Railway Gazette International of March 9, 2020; accessed on March 8, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas . Vol. 8: The Middle East and Caucasus . 2006, plate 64.
- ↑ Testing underway .
- ^ So: Testing underway ; after Estler there are 471 kilometers of route with eleven tunnels and 73 bridges.
- ↑ Testing underway .
- ↑ Estler.
- ↑ Announcement of the first HGV route opened . In: Der Eisenbahningenieur , May 2009, p. 65
- ↑ UIC press release, March 19, 2009 (PDF file; 26 kB)
- ↑ Ankara-Siva's high speed line will be operational in 2018 . In: Railway Pro of February 27, 2017; accessed on July 8, 2020.
- ↑ Marmaray corridor to open in Q1 2019, minister says on railwaygazette.com (English), accessed on December 16, 2018
- ↑ Testing underway .