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.
Baku Tbilisi Kars railway project
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):
Decrease in international freight continues
International freight by rail in Turkey continued to decrease in 2015.
Konya high speed train station project
The scope, location, connections, targets and history of new high speed train station under construction at Konya:
TCDD to promote international freight
TCDD announced a new discount for international rail freight which had dropped by half in last 5 years.
Trailer trains: Trendy but not so easy
In 2008, when the first trailer train departs from Trieste with Turkish semi trailers, only a few were aware of the big change coming.
Tariff change for freight passing by Ankara
TCDD make adjustment in tariff due to closure of Ankara railway section.
TCDD announced discount for ferries
TCDD announced discounts for Tekirdag-Derince and Van Lake ferries.
East-west traffic will flow through Konya
After the closure of Ankara section on 11th of July, the trains running between west and east will start going through Konya.
Fresh food link between Middle East and Europe
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.
Turkish trucks on way to Gotthard Tunnel
The rail tunnel opened recently connecting Italy to Central and North Europe under the Alpines will now be used also by Turkish trucks.
New multimodal corridors bypass Turkey
There’ll be three new long-distance freight train trials during this summer bypassing Turkey.
New intermodal line from Turkey to Poland
The Polish, Ukranian and Turkish companies agreed on creating a new intermodal route from Turkey to Poland via Illichevsk.
Ambarli-Europe multimodal line started
Turkey’s biggest export port Ambarli is now connected to Europe by Ro-Ro + train service.
France train service to end
The regular container/swapbody train between Turkey and France, mainly transporting Renault loads, has done its last service.
No more delays on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway
Problems faced in construction works of Baku-Tblisi-Kars Railway is told to be solved and no more delays is expected.
Turkish exports get on train at Trieste
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.
