Three train crashes in four days
The silent days of railways broke down with 3 successive accidents lastweek.
Railway consultant.
Founder of RT Media & Consulting.
Founder and editor of Rail Turkey.
The silent days of railways broke down with 3 successive accidents lastweek.
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Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway has grown exponentially in its first three years.
Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey metro, which is expected to be the busiest line of Istanbul, will be commissioned within this month.
Several metro and tram projects continue in 11 cities of Turkey.
Kardemir signed the contract for rail wheels with TCDD Tasimacilik.
811 km of railway is electrified in Turkey within 3 years.
More alternatives are now available in intermodal transport between Turkey and Europe.
As Marmaray tunnel is opened for freight trains, container services started from Asian side of Turkey one after the other.
Tickets of high speed trains which will start service on 28th of May are on sale.
High speed trains are planned to start in last week of May, on 1st of June at the latest.
The railway stretch connecting Samsun to national rail network opened yesterday.
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