This article is about the Polatlı-Konya high-speed railway. For the Ankara-Konya high-speed train route, see Yüksek Hızlı Tren.
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.
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 MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of TransportBinali 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.
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