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Progress on the Yerköy-Kayseri high-speed rail line passes 50 percent
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced on 18 October 2026 that physical progress on the Yerköy-Kayseri High-Speed Train Project has passed the halfway point. Once completed, the 142-kilometer line is targeted to reduce the Ankara-Kayseri journey to 1 hours and 45 minutes. The project aims to increase passenger and freight transport and connect Kayseri to the high-speed rail network.
What does it mean?
Train travel between Ankara and Kayseri will be much shorter than today once the line is finished. More than half of the line has been built, but it is not yet open for service.
Who is affected?
People traveling between Ankara and Kayseri and companies providing intercity transport in the region