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Dalkic, Gulcin. Tuydes-Yaman, Hediye. Delaplace, Marie.

4.4.2 Connectivity to HSR Station

Currently, there are two HSR lines served at Konya HSR Station, ANK-KON and KON-IST. Konya
station is located relatively close to the city centre (around 2 km away). Konya train station
serves both HSR (12 departures and 12 arrivals per day) and conventional railways (passenger
and freight locomotives). In a study on the regional impacts of HSR, it was determined that 23%
of the passengers traveling with Ankara-Konya HSR had tourism purposes. Also, it was stated
that people living in Ankara mostly travel to Konya for touristic purposes (MEVKA, 2012). Photos
of Konya Train Station are given in Image 4. As it was stated before, there are combined HSR
services with intercity busses and their stop is in front of the station for the passengers going
Karaman and Alanya (see Image 4a). Also, there is an in-city bus stop in front of the station that
provides direct accessibility to city centre (Image 4d).

Image 4. Konya train station a) outside view (showing the intercity buses combined with HSR), b) outside view, c) railway plat-
form d) public bus stop in front of the station

4.4.3 Observations during the technical trip to Konya

During the Konya technical trip, it was observed that tourist information centre located in
Konya Railway Station (see Image 5a) and there is bus stop in front of the station that provide
direct access to the city center. There is also a shared bicycle system (see Image 5b). Moreover,
Konya Metropolitan Municipality’s smart phone application was found as quite useful that
provides information on touristic places, transportation alternatives, public transportation
stops, municipal services etc.

Image 5. Photos of a) tourism Information office in rail station (b) and bike-sharing system in Konya city centre

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