Prioritization of high-speed rail projects

Abstract

In recent years, intercity transportation has gained momentum towards high-speed rail in Turkey.Ankara-Konya, Ankara-Eskişehir and Istanbul lines were opened for high-speed transportation inthis area. There are still high-speed train lines under construction. At the same time, there arealso various high-speed rail projects that will be started soon and are in the designing process.However, these projects require a big budget. Because of this, it is not possible to carry out allthe projects and some projects are carried out gradually. In this study, prioritization of the highspeed rail projects was done by using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). As a result ofprioritization made through criteria determined by literature review and expert opinion,evaluations are made.