TCDD HT65000

The TCDD HT65000 series, also Yüksek Hizli Tren ( YHT ), is a series of high-speed trains of the Turkish State Railways ( TCDD). They are intended for the high-speed line Ankara - İstanbul and were built by CAF. The vehicles have only seats of the first class in two categories and no second-class seats, which the HT65000 is a purely first-class train.

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History

After the Turkish government had agreed in 2001 to build a new line between the largest Turkish city of Istanbul and the Turkish capital Ankara, they sought a suitable vehicle, which then as developed by the CAF HT65000 is selected.

The end of 2005 ordered the TCDD ten six-line unit trains at CAF. The order was worth around 180 million euros. The first trainset met on 20 November 2007 in a TCDD was used until the opening of the first part of the piece Esenkent - Eskişehir in March 2009 among others for test drives. Actually, the opening of this section should happen almost simultaneously with the arrival of the trains in 2007. Meanwhile, 12 vehicles have been handed over to the TCDD, two more than in the original order provided. If the complete path or further cuts to go into operation, a repeat order of additional sets is likely if these are then delivered in the form of HT65000 is questionable.

Financing

The TCDD finance their vehicles HT65000 Series by loans, which have a maturity of 22 years.

Construction and equipment

The TCDD HT65000 series is based on the Spanish RENFE Class 120, which was also produced by the manufacturer CAF. The main difference is that the TCDD - series has been HT65000 only designed to travel on a track gauge of 1435 mm ( standard gauge ), the RENFE Class 120, however, has an automatic lane-changing device which enables her to both Spanish new lines, which have a have 1435 millimeters, as to be well on the local old routes, which have been built in a track gauge of 1668 mm used.

The vehicles of the TCDD HT65000 Series feature built aluminum car bodies. A train consists of six cars, two of which control cars and four intermediate cars are. The control cars are similar with chairs as the German ICE 3 with seats so that all six cars can be used for passenger transport.

The vehicles are equipped in addition to the normal Turkish Zugsicherungsystem for old lines with ETCS Level 1, which is used on the new line. ETCS is the European Train Control System, this was developed in Europe for the long term to replace the different train control systems and thus simplifying and beyond to improve the capacity of the line. ETCS but nowadays only used on high-speed lines, such as the high speed line from Ankara to Istanbul, as a nationwide conversion is very expensive and complex.

The trains, which can reach top speeds of 250 kilometers per hour, are designed for the transport of 25 kV / 50 Hz alternating current. The power is supplied via Einholm pantographs. The total length of the train is 158.92 meters.

Passenger compartments

The vehicles of the type HT65000 are only equipped with seats of Economy and Business Class; Seats in the second class on the European model does not exist. Altogether there are 55 seats in the train business class, 354 seats in Economy Class and two seats for passengers with disabilities. The Economy class has a seating configuration of 2 2, 3 seats in Business Class (2 1) are applied in a row. The trains are fully air conditioned and equipped with numerous passenger information systems and integrated into the front seat touch screen for the entertainment. Furthermore, there is an on-board bistro.

Use

The twelve train sets are currently used exclusively on the high- speed line from Ankara to Istanbul. In Istanbul, the trains end their journey in its train station Haydarpaşa Istanbul, Ankara Ankara train station serves as the station. Since the entire route is not yet completed, the old building routes are used for some of them.

The trains mastered on March 13, 2009 to March 11, 2010 on the single, currently in operation section between Esenkent and Eskişehir with a length of 206 kilometers, approximately 1,250,000 passengers, for which 4,500 runs were due. Arithmetically a capacity of approximately 275 passengers per train.