Category: Railway Infrastructure

Longest HST tunnel completed

By Onur Uysal on 25 Feb 16

The construction works at Akdagmadeni Tunnel on Ankara-Sivas high speed train line is completed.

Halkali Terminal to revitalize

By Onur Uysal on 19 Feb 16

After kept closed to rail traffic for more than two years, Halkali Terminal has started to revitalize.

Haydarpasa hotel project withdrawn

By Onur Uysal on 17 Feb 16 • ( 4 Comments )

TCDD stepped back at transformation project of Historical Haydarpasa Station. The Haydarpasa Station building is being used as it is in the new project.

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project in 10 questions

By Onur Uysal on 17 Feb 16 • ( 5 Comments )

Frequently asked questions about railway project connecting Turkey to Azerbaijan and Central Asia:

Two freight terminals in Gebze

By Onur Uysal on 11 Feb 16

TCDD is working on two new freight terminals in Turkey’s one of the most important industrial region Gebze.

Tehran-Nahcivan railway project inked

By Onur Uysal on 3 Feb 16

Iran and Azerbaijan signed agreement to complete the Tehran-Nahcivan railway.

Longest railway tunnel of Turkey under construction

By Onur Uysal on 29 Jan 16

The railway project connecting Bahce (Osmaniye) to Nurdag (Gaziantep) which involves the longest railway tunnel of Turkey steps to an important phase: TBM starts to be used.

What will NOT happen in 2016?

By Onur Uysal on 4 Jan 16 • ( 1 Comment )

Some of the expected and frequently asked railway projects will not be able to completed in 2016. Here are them:

When railway projects be completed?

By Onur Uysal on 24 Dec 15

In the annual coordination meeting organized by Transportation Ministry and TOBB, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Ministry Talat Aydin presented the status of projects