Why not Kars but Akhalkalaki?
The little city of Akhalkalaki of Georgia will play a critical role on the success of Baku Tbilisi Kars railway project which Turkey and Azerbaijan give such a big importance. But is this city the right choice?
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.
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.
Railway projects to kick off in 2016
Railway keeps an important space in investments of 2016.
Which projects will not be commissioned this year?
Although railway projects had a fund of TL 7bn this year, many projects will not be able to be commissioned this year. Here are the projects that will progress this year, but not be commissioned.
Projects to be commissioned this year
This year, TL 7 bn is allocated for railway investments. There are many railway projects in the investment program, and 5 of them is/will be commissioned this year:
Marmaray got the fund
Marmaray project, which stopped for 2 years, seems to progress fast this year. Transport Ministry allocates TL 1.4bn (€ 0.4bn) for the project.
High speed train lines slow down
TCDD slows down in construction of high speed lines after starting many of them at the same time.
Rail Turkey En 