How much did Polatlı-Konya high-speed railway cost to build?
The Polatli-Konya high-speed railway is the section of Turkey's Ankara-Konya high-speed line (YHT) that carried the 300 km/h trains of the state railways TCDD to Konya, built by Turkish companies and engineers in four years and eight months and opened on Tuesday 23 August 2011, cutting the journey from 10.5 hours to 1.5 hours. Anadolu Agency reported on 19 August 2011 that the Ankara-Konya line cost TRY 1 billion, and Hurriyet on 22 August 2011 quoted the same TRY 1 billion for the project.
Reported project cost
TRY 1 billion
Approximately $597.03 million
Cost basis: 2011
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Reported project cost2011
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Opened or launched
Anadolu Agency23 August 2011