High-Speed Rail (HSR) Users and Travel Characteristics in Turkey

To change the current road dominancy in the intercity passenger transportation, Turkey has been establishing High-Speed Rail (HSR) services as a competitive mode since 2009. A user survey was conducted at four stations of the currently serving HSR lines to obtain data on i) intercity mode choices of HSR users for different trip purposes, ii) alternative modes preferred in HSR corridors and iii) user perspectives on modal service attributes (i.e. travel time, cost, safety, etc.). A significant share of first-time HSR users showed the growing demand of HSR as a transportation mode in Turkey. There were many business or education related trips observed. In the short corridors (i.e. Ankara-Eskisehir), the modal shift was mainly from road transportation, while in Ankara-Istanbul corridor, shift from air to HSR was also observed. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

An assessment of the CO2 emissions reduction in high speed rail lines:Two case studies from Turkey

Transportation sector is one of the major emitters of greenhouse gases due to high consumption of fossil fuels in passenger and freight transportation. In recent years, high speed rail systems (HSR) have become an important policy option for intercity transportation in many countries, including Turkey, as they have relatively low emissions impact. Currently, the total HSR network in Turkey extends to 1213 km and connects 7 cities mostly located along a main HSR corridor. Annual ridership of the first two lines, Ankara-Eski ehir (ANK-ESK) and Ankara-Konya (ANK-KON), have reached almost 2 million passengers each, while total ridership in all four lines was about 3.5 million passengers in 2014. With the upcoming two new HSR lines, total length of HSR network will exceed 3000 km by 2020

An assessment of the CO2 emissions reduction in high speed rail lines: Two case studies from Turkey

Transportation sector is one of the major emitters of greenhouse gases due to high consumption of fossil fuels in passenger and freight transportation. In recent years, high speed rail systems (HSR) have become an important policy option for intercity transportation in many countries, including Turkey, as they have relatively low emissions impact. Currently, the total HSR network in Turkey extends to 1213 km and connects 7 cities mostly located along a main HSR corridor. Annual ridership of the first two lines, Ankara-Eski ehir (ANK-ESK) and Ankara-Konya (ANK-KON), have reached almost 2 million passengers each, while total ridership in all four lines was about 3.5 million passengers in 2014. With the upcoming two new HSR lines, total length of HSR network will exceed 3000 km by 2020