A Study for Determining the Economical Route Configuration for a High Speed Railway Line between Ankara and Izmir

Before starting to construction of high speed railway projects, the economic route configuration in terms of having sustainable competitive advantage against to other transportation systems should be determined. This paper shows to specify the route of Ankara and Izmir high speed railway line project which is added to investment agenda by Turkish State Railways for 2013. Especially, the best effective and economic journey time of high speed railway project between Ankara and Izmir is investigated in order to compete with airway transportation.