TURKEY's prime minister, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, transport minister Mr Binali Yildirim, and the general manager of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) Mr Suleyman Karaman officially opened today the high-speed line linking the capital Ankara with Konya. Passenger services, comprising four trips a day initially, will start tomorrow with a journey time of 1h 30min initially, reducing to 1h 15min when the track beds in.