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in: Railway Transport and Engineering - A Comprehensive Guide, Masoud Mohebbi, Editor, IntechOpen, London, pp.1-14, 2024
High-speed railways are one of the main transport modes of the twenty-first century that change trip behaviors. Türkiye is one of the advanced countries using and producing high-speed trains and technology even the country started to improve them during the twenty-first century. This chapter will focus on the Turkish HST system in terms of how it contributes to tourism activity and income level as well as accessibility and convergency. Currently, Turkish HST serves 30% of the country’s population. As time goes when the whole HST planned lines are constructed it will cover almost four over five of the population. So, tourism activities will be positively satisfied by this investment. Besides, the cities’ accessibility will increase by reducing travel time; thus, people will access the service units easily. It helps to converge the income level.