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title: "Fieldwork continues on Ankara-Samsun high-speed rail line"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-fieldwork-continues-ankara-samsun-high-speed/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19T19:05:46.629Z
category: economy
sources: 1
agreement: single-source
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# Fieldwork continues on Ankara-Samsun high-speed rail line

It was stated that once the 293-kilometer line coordinated by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is completed, travel between Ankara and Samsun will decrease to approximately 2.5 hours. With a design speed of 200 kilometers per hour, the line is projected to have an annual capacity of 14 million tons of freight and 12 million passengers.

## Who is in this story

- [Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ulastirma-ve-altyapi-bakanligi/) — Institutions
- [Ankara](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ankara/) — Places
- [Samsun](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/samsun/) — Places
- [Çorum](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/corum/) — Places
- [Kırıkkale](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kirikkale/) — Places

## News sources

- [Başkentten çıkıp Çorum'da leblebi, Samsun'da pide yemeye gitmek sadece 2,5 saat](https://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/ankara-samsun-hizli-tren-ne-zaman-acilacak-corum-hizli-tren-ne-durumda-2073034) — Karar (independent) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-ankara-samsun-hizli-tren-hattinda-saha/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-fieldwork-continues-ankara-samsun-high-speed/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-linii-skorostnogo-poezda-ankara-samsun-prodolzhayutsya/

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