Onur Uysal

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

First Balo train arrives in 4 days

By Onur Uysal on 14 Sep 13

First BALO Train departed from Manisa arrived in Germany in 4 days.

Will Balo train succeed?

By Onur Uysal on 11 Sep 13

First BALO train departed from Manisa with a ceremony. Train had left Turkey with a record time of 36 hours. Will this performance continue? Will BALO succeed in this assertive project?

Logistics conference, Berlin

By Onur Uysal on 10 Sep 13

DVZ-Logistics Conference Germany/Turkey will be held on 24th of September in Berlin. And leading players in Turkish railway market will be there.

First Balo train departed

By Onur Uysal on 8 Sep 13

First Balo train to Germany departed from Manisa today.

In openings nobody trusts

By Onur Uysal on 30 Aug 13

The opening of Tekirdag Derince ferry and Halkali terminal at announced dates seems impossible.

World’s leading HST networks and Turkey

By Onur Uysal on 15 Aug 13

Turkey has the youngest high speed train sets of the World, and has an impressive target for the future. What about the others, other countries that have high speed rail networks.

Opening of ferry revised as 5th of September

By Onur Uysal on 13 Aug 13

The last announcement of TCDD, although not published officially, says that the ferry will start on 5th of September 2013. The further railway connection will be opened by that time as well. Can these be real?

First test run via Marmaray tunnel

By Onur Uysal on 5 Aug 13

The Marmaray Project, to connect Asia and Europe by rail, had its first trial run.

China connected to Europe in 15 days by rail

By Onur Uysal on 4 Aug 13 • ( 1 Comment )

A new intermodal train, departed from China and arrived to Germany in a record time of 15 days.

Turkey to buy 106 new high speed trains

By Onur Uysal on 28 Jul 13

TCDD will buy 106 new high speed train sets in the following 5 years.

Leading industrial enterprises grow with railway

By Onur Uysal on 26 Jul 13

Top 500 leading industrial enterprises of Turkey is announced. Most of top 10 companies are either using or at least getting prepared of using raillways.