Type High-speed rail Status Under construction Stations 7 | System Turkish State Railways Termini Polatlı
Menemen, Izmir | |
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Locale Central and western Anatolia | ||
The Polatlı–Izmir high-speed railway is a 570 km (354.18 mi) long high-speed railway currently under construction in Turkey. Once completed, it will be the longest high-speed railway in the country, surpassing the Istanbul-Ankara HSR which holds the title since 2009.
The railway will split from the Polatlı-Konya high-speed railway about 27 km (17 mi) south of Polatlı junction, where the Polatlı-Konya HSR splits from the Istanbul-Ankara HSR, and head west to Afyonkarahisar, then it will parallel the Izmir-Afyon railway to Menemen, where it will join the railway just north of Izmir. Travel times between Ankara-Afyon and Ankara-Izmir will be 1 hour, 30 minutes and 2 hours, 30 minutes respectively.
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