Dogu Express tickets are sold out
The train tickets of Dogu Express on Ankara-Kars route are sold out.
Onur Uysal
Railway consultant.
Founder of RT Media & Consulting.
Founder and editor of Rail Turkey.
First private train is on way
First private freight train of Turkey has departed.
Trains now call less, go faster
New timetable for passenger trains announced. Most of the main line trains now start to call at less stations and go faster.
HST services fall off
New timetable for high speed trains is announced. Total number of services will decrease from 52 to 44.
Tellers and stewards to be outsourced
Tellers at train stations and stewards in trains will be outsourced by private companies.
Baku train departed
First train in eastward direction to Azerbaijan via Baku-Tblisi-Kars departed today.
Local partners may come up empty
The details about local partners of 96-HST-sets-tender also unveiled.
Site for HST production addressed
The place of production site of 76 of 96 HSTs is announced.
Spects of new HSTs announced
The spects of high speed train sets are announced.
Tender for 96 HSTs in January
TCDD’s high speed train tender has finally announced as January 2018.
TCDD Tasimacilik targets profit
The first train operator of Turkey, TCDD Tasimacilik, targets profit by 2020.
New locomotive of Turkey annonunced
In reply to increasing demand of electric locos especially in freight, Turkey announced its new loco: E5000.
Railway is slow and expensive in Turkey
Logistic professionals consider railway as slow, expensive and complex in Turkey.
TCDD Tasimacilik discusses its future
TCDD Tasimacilik is getting prepared together with its clients for competition with private operators.
Ferry problem of Iran trains soon to end
Solution is very close about Van Lake crossing problem of Iran trains.
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