Polatlı YHT railway station explained

Polatlı YHT
Symbol:Yüksek Hızlı Tren
Symbol Location:express
Type:TCDD high-speed rail station
Style:TCDD
Address:Polatlı Yüksek Hızlı Tren Garı Yolu, 06900 Polatlı/Ankara, Turkey
Structure:At-Grade
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:Yes
Opened:16 February 2011[1]
Architectural Style:Modernism
Accessible:Yes
Owned:TCDD

Polatlı HSR station, short for Polatlı High Speed Rail station (Turkish: Polatlı YHT Garı short for Polatlı Yüksek Hızlı Tren Garı) is a railway station serving the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway[2] just southeast of Polatlı. The station was opened on 16 February 2011, two years after the opening of the railway between Ankara and Eskişehir, and is the first railway station in Turkey to be dedicated to high-speed rail. Polatlı YHT is served by two tracks via side platforms with two express tracks in middle, as not all scheduled YHT trains stop at Polatlı.

Mainline trains operating along the Istanbul–Ankara railway do not serve the YHT station, operating into the more central Polatlı railway station. All mainline train service however has been suspended until 15 November 2018.

Station Layout

GGround levelExit/entrance, parking, buses
P
Platform level
Platform 1, doors will open on the right
Track 3Yüksek Hızlı Tren toward Istanbul or Konya
Track 1Yüksek Hızlı Tren toward Istanbul or Konya, does not stop here
Track 2Yüksek Hızlı Tren toward Ankara, does not stop here
width=100Track 4width=500Yüksek Hızlı Tren toward Ankara
Platform 2, doors will open on the right

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cihan.com.tr/tr/turkiyenin-ilk-hizli-tren-garini-bakan-yildirim-acacak-255397.htm Turkey's first high-speed railway station opened in ceremony at Polatli
  2. https://tcddtrensaatleri.com/yht/ankara-istanbul-hizli-tren/ Ankara İstanbul Hızlı Tren