Ankara high-speed railway station

Ankara Tren Garı ("Ankara Train Station"), alternatively known as Ankara YHT railway station (Ankara Yüksek Hızlı Tren Garı) and abbreviated as ATG, is a mixed-use commercial building in Ankara, Turkey. The building houses a shopping mall, a five-star hotel and commercial offices, as well as a concourse for YHT high-speed trains. Situated next to the Ankara railway station, the ATG terminal was built on the southern half of land used by the Ankara station, on the former site of two platforms serving commuter trains along with storage tracks. The building officially opened on 29 October 2016, on the 93rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, along with Ankara station's high-speed platforms located underneath the structure. The building is owned by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and operated by a private company known as Ankara Tren Gar İşletmesi A.Ş. TCDD Taşımacılık uses the building for its ticket and information booths, waiting area and its VIP/CIP lounge. The building itself is 30 m (98 ft) tall with eight floors. When construction works of the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway line commenced in 2004, plans for a new railway station in Ankara were put forth as part of a large-scale modernization of the railways in Turkey. In August 2005, Turkish State Railways (TCDD) awarded a joint bid of 946,155 YTL from the Sudop Praha AS – SDPAK consortium to construct the ATG terminal. According to the original plan, the new station was going to encompass the entire existing station area like the new Eskişehir station. Construction of the new station was approved on 11 July 2007 by the Ankara city council. Plans for the new station were met with criticism from many architects, due to the fact that it would be demolishing several historic buildings within the grounds of the Ankara station. However, in 2008, plans for the station were halted when the Ankara 16th District Court overruled the city council's decision, citing that the project would endanger the historic structures at the Ankara station. The State Railways revised their plans for the station, and the new terminal was designed to encompass only the two southernmost platforms an

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