Following the announcement of the new highway and bridge tolls, the 15 July Martyrs and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridges were increased by 47 TL, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge by 80 TL, the Osman Gazi Bridge by 795 TL, and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge by 790 TL. Immediately after these increases, TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ also updated the High Speed Train, main line and regional train ticket prices.
In the announcement made from TCDD’s official We strive to continuously improve our service quality. ” Expressions like this were used.
How much are the new prices?
According to the information compiled by Habertürk; After the announced decision, the Ankara-Istanbul route ticket price increased from 540 TL to 780 TL, Ankara-Konya from 250 TL to 360 TL, and Ankara-Eskişehir route from 280 TL to 390 TL. Thus, the increase rate on the Ankara-Istanbul line reached 44.4 percent. This rate corresponded to the 2024 annual inflation of 44.38 percent.
Annual increase 81 percent
Although it was stated in the TCDD statement that the increase was below inflation, an average increase of 25 percent was made in July. With the latest increase, the average price increase compared to January 2024 exceeded 81 percent.
Competing with THY
With the new figures, only THY’s ticket price for the same route is more expensive than YHT for the Ankara-Istanbul direction.
Accordingly, while the one-way fare between Ankara and Istanbul is 780 TL, it is 1753 TL for THY. While the same route costs 574 TL one way on Pegasus, this figure is 748 TL on AJet.
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