Category: Railway Infrastructure

811 km railway electrified

811 km of railway is electrified in Turkey within 3 years.

The Elaziğ – Tatvan railway is one of the most recently-constructed classic railway lines in Turkey, having been built in the 1950s and 1960s.

The railway stretch connecting Samsun to national rail network opened yesterday.

Freight trains have started to pass Bosphorus only via Marmaray.

Tekirdag Derince rail ferry which connects Europe and Asia for freight trains will stop service for 15 days.

Though rail freight increased in last two years after liberalization, it’s still far from meeting expectations.

Baku train that will start service in 3rd quarter of 2019 has crossed Turkish/Georgian border on Sunday.

The opening of Marmaray, which was announced as 10th of March, seems to be postponed.

The financial agreement was signed last week with EU regarding consturction of new Halkali-Kapikule railway.

“High speed train projects” is one of the topics shown interest most in 2019 investments plans.