High-Speed Train Network to be Built Within Turkey and to Bulgaria
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The project for a high-speed train on the route Halkalı (Istanbul) – Bulgaria will start next year, the online edition of the Hur Haber information agency reported today.
Work on the routes Ankara – Istanbul, Ankara – Konya and Ankara – Sivas is underway, according to the publication. Projects for high-speed trains are also planned for the routes Sivas – Kars, Şefaatli – Kayseri, Konya – Mersin – Adana, Eskişehir – Antalya and Osmaneli – Bandırma – İzmir.
The aim is for all these high-speed train routes to start functioning by 2023, when the 100th anniversary of the Turkish republic will be marked.
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