Top 10 freight terminals of Turkey
Terminals are the hearts of rail freight, playing an important role on the competitiveness of rail against other modals.
No trains to Gaziantep and Nizip for 14 months
Baspinar-Gaziantep-Oduncular railway stretch will be closed for 14 months.
Which of top 100 companies use railway?
Although railway is the least prefered modal among all in Turkey, there’s an annual volume of 25 mn tonnes of rail freight which is about 4 % of all loads.
Foreign trade is not on rail
Share of railway in foreign trade of Turkey is going down.
Refugee problem threatens rail freight to Europe
Illegal refugee traffic seems to start considering rail traffic between Turkey and Europe. Last week, 17 refugees were captured at border, in a 45’ rail container.
Can railway compete with trucks in Turkey?
We prepared 4 scenarios on EU funded cost analysis to determine when railway is better than trucks in terms of cost and performance.
Trains to Greece stopped
Due to engineering works in Greece, all rail freight services between Greece and Turkey are suspended.
Fuel incentive for railways in Iran
Iran Railways (RAI) will get huge incentive from government in return for increasing its freight and passenger volumes.
1600 gross ton train on Turkish rails
Trains weighing 1600 gross tonnes have started to run on Turkish rails where maximum gross ton was 1300 tonnes until this month.
Electrification revolution in railways
A silent transpormation is taking effect in Turkish State Railways (TCDD) where currently expenses are far more than income.
Which company should get which licence in rail freight?
Not every company can do railway transport from now on.
Every one of three ro-ro loads used train
Every one of three Turkey-Trieste loads (container, semi-trailer, truck) of Un Ro-Ro got on train.
Big discount in container demurrage fees
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) announced big discount in container demurrage fees in TCDD terminals.
New route for China-Turkey trains
The container trains between China and Turkey/Europe have started to use the new route.
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.
