In 2022, Malaysia and Thailand agreed to set up a joint committee to coordinate a Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur high speed rail project, with a feasibility study begun in February. As of summer 2022, Thailand has fully committed to building the $12 billion Northeastern HSR to the Laotian border by 2028 at a 250 km/h double-tracked standard-gauge. Turkey The Turkish government has significantly invested in high speed rail, with some lines like the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway having opened in 2014, the Ankara-Konya high-speed railway having opened in 2011, with the extension to Karaman opened in winter 2022. Continuation of the line from Karaman to Ulukışla is currently under construction in 2022, and further plans to link Aksaray, Ulukışla, and Mersin have an anticipated opening in 2024, but are not yet tendered. The Turkish government aims to connect 52 provinces with high-speed train networks by 2053, and will elaborate on further lines as current construction comes to completion. Lines currently under construction include the Ankara-Sivas high-speed line, which was originally planned to open in late 2021, but will likely open sometime in 2022 due to construction deficiencies, and will reduce travel times to under 2 hours. A further 247 km extension from Sivas to Kars is concretely planned as an electrified and double-tracked line with a design speed of 250 km/h, and the five-station design study between Sivas and Erzincan was completed in July 2021. A spur from Yerköy to Kayseri has not yet been tendered, but is planned to be completed by 2025, reducing travel times between Ankara and Kayseri from seven hours to two hours. The 142 km spur to Kayseri would be double-tracked electrified rail designed for 250 km/h operation with 9 tunnels totaling 12.9 km. Construction on the spur officially began in July 2022, and will include intermediate stations at Şefaatli, Yenifakılı, and Himmetdede. The Ankara-Izmir high-speed railway is a planned 588 km double-tracked electrified railway built for 250 km/h operation, whose initial section to Afyonkarahisar is scheduled to open in 2022. The extension to Izmir will contain 49 tunnels totaling 41 km, 56 viaducts totaling 23 km, and six new stations, reducing the current 9-hour road trip to a 3.5 hour travel time. A 106 km spur off the Istanbul-Ankara line from Osmaneli to Bursa is planned to open by 2023, after construction delays due to earthquake risk and expropriation lawsuits; further extension to Bandirma was tendered in