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History

This series was ordered in two batches of ten and two trains. They are being financed via a foreign loan over 22 years, with a seven-year grace period. The first set left Spain on 10 November 2007 and arrived in Turkey at

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on 20 November 2007.TCDD English Site
- First High Speed Train set arrived in Turkey Later, 4 more sets came to Turkey in 2008, 3 more in 2009 and 2 more in 2010. On 13 March 2009, the inaugural ceremony took place in

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; attended by President

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, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, and Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım, who started the YHT service with one of these sets. Subsequently, 2 additional sets were ordered with the same characteristics, reaching a total of twelve HT65000 trains. On 13 November 2009, the HT65006 derailed and became temporarily unusable after an accident (without injuries or fatalities) at Hasanbey near

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while it was passing from the high-speed line to the classical line.

Design

Visual

The design of TCDD HT65000 is based on the RENFE Class 120 / 121 trains.

Technical

The trains have 6

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, but are modular in design and can be reconstructed as 8-car units with two additional cars. It is also possible to connect two units together to create a 12-car unit. All trains are fitted with

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Interior

The cars of the sets are organized as follows: 1 first class car, 1 café car and 4 economy class cars. Automatic sliding doors provide passage between cars. Baggage may be stowed in the overhead compartments above the seats, or underneath the seats. The cars are

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. In economy class, fabric-coated seats are arranged in 2+2 with audio system. With acoustic and thermal comfort (the noise level will be less than 65 dB in passenger sections), apart from the tables mounted at the back of the seats, there are two foldable tables in every passenger section. In first class, there are leather-coated seats in 2+1 arrangement, a visual and audio broadcasting system that can broadcast at least 4 hours on 4 different channels.

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service is available with power inputs for laptops in business class."TCDD YHT Page"
(Turkish) - YHT statistics and service, tcdd.gov.tr.

References

External links

* {{High-speed rail Turkish railways electric multiple units CAF multiple units High-speed trains of Turkey 25 kV AC multiple units Passenger trains running at least at 250 km/h in commercial operations