Politics · Turkey · 8 hrs ago
Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail line passes 50% completion
Construction on the Yerköy-Kayseri line is over halfway complete, Turkey’s transport minister says.
The 142-kilometre route will run from Yerköy in Yozgat province to Kayseri and connect with the Ankara-Sivas high-speed rail line.
The connection is expected to bring Kayseri into Turkey’s high-speed rail network.
The government says the Ankara-Kayseri rail journey will take 1 hour 45 minutes when the line opens.
The project is designed for 5.5 million passengers and 13.5 million tonnes of freight a year, which officials say could reduce logistics costs and strengthen rail links.
Construction is continuing on tunnels, bridges and other structures; the information provided gives no opening date.
The Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail project has passed 50% physical completion, Turkey’s transport minister said.
The 142-kilometre line is being built for speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour, with double tracks, electrification and signalling.
Once it opens, rail travel between Ankara and Kayseri is expected to take 1 hour and 45 minutes.
The line will connect Kayseri to the high-speed rail network through the Ankara-Sivas line.
The project is expected to carry 5.5 million passengers and 13.5 million tonnes of freight each year.
- Who
- Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced the progress.
- What
- Physical progress on the Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail project has passed 50%.
- When
- 18 October 2026. The articles do not specify when the 50% threshold was reached.
- Where
- The 142-kilometre line runs from Yerköy in Yozgat province to Kayseri, Turkey.
- Why
- The project is intended to connect Kayseri to the high-speed rail network, reduce Ankara-Kayseri rail travel time and support passenger and freight transport.
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Excavation was completed in the T1, T2, T3/4 and T5 tunnels, and lining work was completed in the T1, T2 and T5 tunnels.
Construction was completed on 25 underpasses, 91 culverts and one overpass.
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said physical progress on the Yerköy-Kayseri line had exceeded 50%.
- Route length
- 142 kilometres
- Maximum design speed
- 250 kilometres per hour
- Travel time
- Ankara-Kayseri rail journey expected to take 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Annual passenger capacity forecast
- 5.5 million passengers
- Annual freight forecast
- 13.5 million tonnes
- Structures planned
- 15 tunnels and 27 bridges
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What people are saying
Physical progress on our Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail line has exceeded 50%.
We will reduce rail travel time between Ankara and Kayseri to 1 hour and 45 minutes.
We are building our 142-kilometre line to accommodate speeds of 250 kilometres per hour, as a double-track, electrified and signalled railway.
We expect the Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail line to carry 5.5 million passengers and 13.5 million tonnes of freight annually.