Railway stations in Turkey

Turkey’s sprawling high-speed railway network will also boost train station construction across the country, as a total of 21 new stations are planned at routes through which trains pass.

The high-speed railway (YHT) service between Kocaeli and Ankara was canceled after a crane and a container fell onto the railway line late Aug. 7.

Due to strong winds, a crane – approximately weighing 200 tons – fell onto the railway line used by the YHT service in the Körfez district of Kocaeli, resulting in the suspension of the YHT service at 5:00 p.m. on Aug. 7.

Turkey’s long-awaited 8.6 billion Turkish Lira ($4.1 billion) high-speed train link between Istanbul and Ankara has begun operating from Istanbul’s Pendik station.

A new train that will operate in the much-awaited Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway crashed during a test drive July 3, only days ahead of the line being opened.

The “Piri Reis” train, which was crossing near Gebze in the Kocaeli province, crashed into a maintenance vehicle. No one was hurt in the accident, though material damage was caused to the brand new train.

The long-awaited high-speed railway line between Ankara and Istanbul will be opened on July 11, Transport Minister Lütfi Elvan said on July 2.

The opening of the line, which was postponed in May after signaling cables were cut and stolen, will cut the journey time between the two cities to three and a half hours. It currently takes around six hours by road.

A train station built as part of the construction works for the high-speed railway partially collapsed near Arifiye in the western province of Sakarya on May 29.

At least five workers were injured, including one in a serious condition, after being trapped under the rubble, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.