DB Schenker step forward with Bosphorus Shuttle
DB Schenker announced Bosphorus Shuttle, three per week mixed trains with railway containers and conventional wagons to be operated between Nürnberg and Halkali and to be started in September 2013.
DB Schenker to start Bosphorus Shuttle
DB Schenker announced its new train to Turkey, Bosphorus Shuttle.
Photos of Landwasserviadukt
Photos from famous Swiss railway bridge, Landwasserviadukt.
Trains of Turkey
A website for the Turkish railways enthusiast..
Opening of ferry, closure of Halkali: New era for trains
TCDD announced closure of Halkali and opening of rail ferry service to Derince. The European rail traffic handled in Halkali will now be shared between Cerkezkoy, Corlu and Derince terminals.
Automobile industry needs railway to break through
Automobile industry has start leading Turkish economy by 2000’s. But can this growth continue without the support of railways?
Ekol adds Ostrova to its intermodal traffic
Ekol adds Trieste-Ostrova block train route to ists existing intermodal routes.
Completely false facts about Marmaray
The dream of İstanbul for hundred years is about to come true. How much do we know about the project, and how much of that is true?
Pipes to Europe: Railway made it real
Turkish pipes have started to be used all over Europe. Railway redefined the competetion rules and supported pipe producers a lot.
Railway terminal oscar goes to
Every player is now looking for the alternatives, and already started comparisons of terminals near İstanbul. Here are terminal Oscars of Rail Turkey.
How trailer train succeeds?
Ekol Logistics, had big success with the combined service between Turkey and Germany by ROLA train. So is ROLA our future? Should we expect to see more and more trucks on rail?
Who will be the leader?
VTG announced an intention of merger of VTG and Kuehne + Nagel in rail logistics. Now the question in Turkey will be what will be the market shares of operators in Europe-Turkey conventional traffic after this merger.
Why Sabanci wants high speed trains?
Sabancı has an interest in high speed trains, but not in freight trains. So the Ulusoy group. Are they fascinated by the popularity and modern-looking of high speed trains?
Conventional vs container
For every 4 container trains running between Turkey and Europe, 1 conventional train run last year. Is it possible for conventional wagons to stand, or the fight already lost?
Turkish Republic “Liberalized” Railways
Liberalization of Railway Transportation in Turkey had a big step with the accepted law in Turkish Parliament. Could we expect to see a similar development in railway transportation, as in air transportation in near future?
