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Rail freight rings alarm bells

By Onur Uysal on 11 Aug 16 • ( 4 Comments )

Rail freight volumes in Turkey had been between 20-30 mn tonnes since 2007 and after reaching to peak of 29 mn tonnes in 2014, had dropped to less than 26 mn tonnes in 2015.

Wanted: 25 Ha wagons

By ADVERTISEMENT on 9 Aug 16

A railway company is looking for 25 Ha wagons to lease.

Izmir leaded suburban trains

By Onur Uysal on 9 Aug 16

Annual ridership in suburban trains in Turkey reached to 160 mn in 2015.

Baku Tbilisi Kars railway project

By Onur Uysal on 9 Aug 16 • ( 3 Comments )

The scope, route, targets and history of Baku-Tblisi-Kars railway project which connects Kars (Turkey) to Baku (Azerbaijan) and Central Asia via Tblisi (Georgia):

Decrease in international freight continues

By Onur Uysal on 4 Aug 16

International freight by rail in Turkey continued to decrease in 2015.

Konya high speed train station project

By Onur Uysal on 4 Aug 16 • ( 1 Comment )

The scope, location, connections, targets and history of new high speed train station under construction at Konya:

TCDD to promote international freight

By Onur Uysal on 28 Jul 16

TCDD announced a new discount for international rail freight which had dropped by half in last 5 years.

Will Torbali be a hub?

By Onur Uysal on 26 Jul 16

Torbali, where all passenger trains from Izmir to south is passing by, may be hub in the near future.

Halkali-Kapikule train departed

By Onur Uysal on 26 Jul 16 • ( 9 Comments )

Train services in European side of Turkey has restarted with the first train started service between Halkali and Kapikule yesterday.

Arslan: Investments to speed up

By Onur Uysal on 25 Jul 16 • ( 2 Comments )

While many keep eyes on Turkey after repelling the coup attemp and declaring “OHAL – state of emergency” for 3 months, Transport Minister Mr Ahmet Arslan made statements about the way that Turkey’ll follow.