| Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway | |
| Color: | 009695 |
| Type: | High-speed rail |
| System: | Turkish State Railways |
| Status: | Operational |
| Locale: | Central Anatolia |
| Start: | Polatlı |
| End: | Konya |
| Stations: | 1 |
| Open: | 23 August 2011 |
| Owner: | Turkish State Railways |
| Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
| Character: | Passenger line |
| Depot: | Güvercinlik Yard New Etimesgut Yard |
| Stock: | HT65000, HT80000 |
| Linelength: | 2122NaN2 (From Polatlı to Konya)[1] |
| Tracks: | Double track |
| Load Gauge: | TCDD gross gauge |
| Minradius: | 6500 m[2] |
| Maxincline: | 16 ‰ |
| Signalling: | ETCS Level 2 |
| Electrification: | 25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line |
| Speed: | 250km/h[3] 300km/h Future[4] |
| Map: | (Click to expand) |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway (Turkish: Polatlı-Konya yüksek hızlı demiryolu) is a 211km (131miles) 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 Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Transport Binali 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.