Samsun Kalın railway project
The scope, route, stops, targets and history of modernization project of Samsun-Kalin railway:
Arslan: Investments to speed up
While many keep eyes on Turkey after repelling the coup attemp and declaring “OHAL – state of emergency” for 3 months, Transport Minister Mr Ahmet Arslan made statements about the way that Turkey’ll follow.
Marmaray project
The scope, route, stops, targets, cars, ridership figures and history of Marmaray project, 1st phase of which was commissioned and 2nd is under construction and which will connect Asian and European side of Istanbul by rail via tunnel under Bosphorus:
Last train to Ankara Station on 10th of July
The railway section going through Ankara will be closed for 18 months due to Baskentray Project.
Conventional wagons permitted to Istanbul
Conventional wagons will be able to arrive Halkali again after 3 years.
Nightmare for Europe-Turkey trains
Due to engineering works for rail bridges on Halkali-Cerkezkoy-Corlu railway, Halkali is getting prepared for another closure.
Modernization of Plovdiv-Kapikule railway completed
Bulgaria completed the modernization of two sections on 154-km-long Plovdiv-Dimitrovgrad-Svilengrad-Kapikule railway.
Tekfen-Dogus awarded for second phase of Izmir high speed line
Tekfen-Dogus consortium was awarded for the engineering works of Afyon-Usak section of Ankara (Polatli)-Izmir (Menemen) very high speed line.
Ankara Izmir very high speed line
The scope, route, stops, phases, targets and history of Ankara-Izmit very high speed line under construction:
New Transport Minister is Ahmet Arslan
Ahmet Arslan is assigned as Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister in new government of Turkey, where last Transport Minister Binali Yildirim is the Prime Minister.
Halkalı ready for conventional trains
After opening for container block trains at the beginning of this year, Halkali now gets prepared for the conventional traffic.
Will Halkali be closed again?
Halkalı Terminal may again be closed to rail traffic due to problems in bridges.
Deadline: 21st of June
Turkish Government had set the deadline for completing all legal steps about liberalization of railway transportation by 21st of June, 2016.
First phase of Zonguldak-Irmak railway commissioned
Renewal and signalization of Zonguldak-Karabuk section of Zonguldak-Irmak project opened on Wednesday with a ceremony.
No fund for these projects
Among the long list of railway investments, there are some projects with almost no considerable fund within this year from the total railway investment budget of TL 7bn.
Network statement soon coming
The first network statement prepared by TCDD is announced to be published by the end of this month.
Trucks left Halkalı for trains
Halkali, Turkey’s most important export customs, has started to serve only trains. The new address for trucks is now Catalca.
