Rail freight rings alarm bells
Rail freight volumes in Turkey had been between 20-30 mn tonnes since 2007 and after reaching to peak of 29 mn tonnes in 2014, had dropped to less than 26 mn tonnes in 2015.
Rail freight volumes in Turkey had been between 20-30 mn tonnes since 2007 and after reaching to peak of 29 mn tonnes in 2014, had dropped to less than 26 mn tonnes in 2015.
The scope, route, targets and history of Baku-Tblisi-Kars railway project which connects Kars (Turkey) to Baku (Azerbaijan) and Central Asia via Tblisi (Georgia):
International freight by rail in Turkey continued to decrease in 2015.
The scope, location, connections, targets and history of new high speed train station under construction at Konya:
TCDD announced a new discount for international rail freight which had dropped by half in last 5 years.
In 2008, when the first trailer train departs from Trieste with Turkish semi trailers, only a few were aware of the big change coming.
TCDD make adjustment in tariff due to closure of Ankara railway section.
TCDD announced discounts for Tekirdag-Derince and Van Lake ferries.
After the closure of Ankara section on 11th of July, the trains running between west and east will start going through Konya.
The original of this article “Fresh Food Corridors” was published at Railvolution No. 2/16 (April 2016), republished in Rail Turkey with the special permission of Petr Kaderavek, editor of Railvolution.
The rail tunnel opened recently connecting Italy to Central and North Europe under the Alpines will now be used also by Turkish trucks.
There’ll be three new long-distance freight train trials during this summer bypassing Turkey.
The Polish, Ukranian and Turkish companies agreed on creating a new intermodal route from Turkey to Poland via Illichevsk.
Turkey’s biggest export port Ambarli is now connected to Europe by Ro-Ro + train service.
The regular container/swapbody train between Turkey and France, mainly transporting Renault loads, has done its last service.
Problems faced in construction works of Baku-Tblisi-Kars Railway is told to be solved and no more delays is expected.
While modal share of railway remains 4% from for a long time in Turkey, a quite revolution happens in a place where statistics could not realize: Trieste.