Onur Uysal

Railway consultant.
Founder of RT Media & Consulting.
Founder and editor of Rail Turkey.

Ankara Izmir very high speed line

By Onur Uysal on 27 May 16

The scope, route, stops, phases, targets and history of Ankara-Izmit very high speed line under construction:

Otokar unveiled cranable frigo semi trailer

By Onur Uysal on 27 May 16

Otokar unveiled its cranable frigo semi trailer “Iceliner” in Comvex Istanbul 2016.

Deadline for private wagons: 1st of June

By Onur Uysal on 25 May 16

TCDD announced 1st of June as deadline for private wagons to be registered.

New Transport Minister is Ahmet Arslan

By Onur Uysal on 25 May 16

Ahmet Arslan is assigned as Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister in new government of Turkey, where last Transport Minister Binali Yildirim is the Prime Minister.

Ambarli-Europe multimodal line started

By Onur Uysal on 18 May 16

Turkey’s biggest export port Ambarli is now connected to Europe by Ro-Ro + train service.

Hupac keeps eyes on Turkey

By Onur Uysal on 17 May 16

Turkey is one of the target countries of Swiss combined transport operator Hupac.

Metrans introduced sixth train

By Onur Uysal on 17 May 16

Metrans, Czech container operator increased its weekly trains from Europe to Turkey to six.

Halkalı ready for conventional trains

By Onur Uysal on 16 May 16

After opening for container block trains at the beginning of this year, Halkali now gets prepared for the conventional traffic.

Farewell to Omfesa

By Onur Uysal on 10 May 16

Omfesa, the first swapbody train operator of Turkey, has come to end.

Will Halkali be closed again?

By Onur Uysal on 5 May 16

Halkalı Terminal may again be closed to rail traffic due to problems in bridges.

Ulusoy ended trailer train service

By Onur Uysal on 5 May 16

Ulusoy Logistics ended the Cerkezkoy-Cologne trailer train which had started in June 2014.

Balo steps back in cooperation with Rail Cargo

By Onur Uysal on 5 May 16

Big Anatolia Logistics Organization (BALO) ended the joint venture company, Anatolia Rail Link, founded together with Austrian railway operator Rail Cargo.