Onur Uysal

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

Safi Kati Yakit is the new operator of Derince Port

By Onur Uysal on 9 Jun 14

The tender for the privatization of Derince Port for 39 years has completed last week.

Ulusoy’s intermodal trailer train to depart from Cologne today

By Onur Uysal on 7 Jun 14 • ( 1 Comment )

The first “intermodal trailer” train to run between Europe and Turkey will depart from Cologne today..

Railway constructions started in Bulgaria

By Onur Uysal on 5 Jun 14

Construction works on Bulgarian Railway has just started..

A new container line to Europe: Global Multimodal

By Onur Uysal on 30 May 14

While container lines departing directly from Turkey are in decline, a new multimodal line is presented yesterday in Pendik.

Ridership in Marmaray

By Onur Uysal on 27 May 14

How many citizens is using Marmaray in Istanbul? What’s the share of Marmaray in Istanbul having more than 11 million ridership with mass transport modes a day?

Railway friendly companies in Turkey: Sisecam

By Onur Uysal on 20 May 14 • ( 1 Comment )

Although railway has low shares in freight, there are several companies have high volumes on rail. Here is one of the railway friendly companies in Turkey: Sisecam

Flood stopped trains in Serbia

By Onur Uysal on 19 May 14

Trains via Serbia stopped due to heavy floods in Balkan region.

Where is closed in Turkish railways?

By Onur Uysal on 16 May 14

Which sections of Turkish railway are closed? Here’s the latest construction works schedule.

Tekirdag Derince ferry restarted again

By Onur Uysal on 8 May 14

After a few weeks for periodic maintanance, Tekirdag Derince Ferry started its service.

Cities to be connected by high speed trains in Turkey

By Onur Uysal on 7 May 14 • ( 2 Comments )

Many citizens in Turkey are expecting to have a high speed train connection. Many have been budgeted, more is on way. Here is the future high speed train map of Turkey based on all official and inofficial statements.