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TCDD to promote international freight

By Onur Uysal on 28 Jul 16

TCDD announced a new discount for international rail freight which had dropped by half in last 5 years.

609 - İzmir Ödemiş treni - Mertali Akkuş

Will Torbali be a hub?

By Onur Uysal on 26 Jul 16

Torbali, where all passenger trains from Izmir to south is passing by, may be hub in the near future.

608 - Halkalı Kapikule treni - İhsan Dolguner

Halkali-Kapikule train departed

By Onur Uysal on 26 Jul 16 • ( 9 Comments )

Train services in European side of Turkey has restarted with the first train started service between Halkali and Kapikule yesterday.

Arslan: Investments to speed up

By Onur Uysal on 25 Jul 16 • ( 2 Comments )

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.

Tulomsas is authorized for maintenance

By Onur Uysal on 15 Jul 16

Tulomsas became the fifth Turkish company to get “Maintenance Functions Certificate”.

Antalya Airport tram service starts today

By Onur Uysal on 15 Jul 16

Antalya Expo tram will start regular services to Expo Fair and Antalya Airport beginning from today.

604 - Başkentray Projesi - Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi

Baskentray engineering works to start

By Onur Uysal on 15 Jul 16

The engineering works of Baskentray Project will start today on Ankara Main Station-Kayas section.

Izban: Suburban trains of Izmir

By Onur Uysal on 14 Jul 16 • ( 1 Comment )

The scope, route, stops, statistics and history of Izmir suburban train (Izban):

Rail Turkey Mag is out

By Onur Uysal on 12 Jul 16

The second issue of Rail Turkey Mag is about trailer trains.

Trailer trains: Trendy but not so easy

By Onur Uysal on 11 Jul 16

In 2008, when the first trailer train departs from Trieste with Turkish semi trailers, only a few were aware of the big change coming.

Kabatas-Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey metro (M7)

By Onur Uysal on 8 Jul 16

The scope, route, stops, connection and history of Kabatas-Mecidiyekoy-Mahmutbey (M7) metro which is expected to be one of the main lines of Istanbul:

TCDD’s long distance services

By Jeff Hawken on 5 Jul 16 • ( 2 Comments )

TCDD – or to be more exact TCDD Tasimacilik AS – operates just sixteen classic long-distance train services (as opposed to the YHT network of high speed trains).

Marmaray project

By Onur Uysal on 4 Jul 16 • ( 3 Comments )

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: