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electric train

26.12.2022

Turkey will soon start serial production of electric trains

TCDD

14.11.2022

TCDD is gradually transitioning to renewable energy

highspeed railway

08.09.2022

Work begins on the Ankara-Izmir high-speed line

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electric train

26.12.2022

Turkey will soon start serial production of electric trains

The first Turkish national electric train with an estimated speed of 160 km/h has completed its test runs after runnіng 10,000 kilometers.
TCDD

14.11.2022

TCDD is gradually transitioning to renewable energy

Turkish rail infrastructure operator TCDD has begun work on the construction of a 10 MW solar power plant in Balıkesir in the northwest of the country.
highspeed railway

08.09.2022

Work begins on the Ankara-Izmir high-speed line

After the groundbreaking ceremony in Afyonkarahisar on August 30, work began on the 508-kilometer high-speed line Ankara - Afyonkarahisar - Usak - Izmir in Turkey.
Electric trains export

24.05.2022

Turkey plans to start exporting electric trains to the EU from 2023

The national carrier TCDD intends to put into operation the first 3 trains this year. They were developed and produced by the state-owned Türasaş.
Cooperation on transportation from China

06.04.2022

Turkey and the UK will strengthen cooperation on transportation from China

Cooperation in the field of rail transport between Turkey and the UK was discussed during a meeting in Istanbul at the end of March.
High-speed railway line opened in Turkey

13.01.2022

High-speed railway line opened in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoglu opened a 102-kilometer high-speed line Konya-Karaman connecting the two cities.
Turkish Railway project

28.12.2021

Ispartakule-Cherkezkoy Turkish Railway project got support

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has authorized $ 338. 02 million (€ 300 million) in financial assistance for the Ispartakule-Cerkezkoy railway project in Turkey.
railway infrastructure components

09.12.2021

Vossloh to supply railway infrastructure components to Turkey

The German manufacturer of railway materials Vossloh has signed a contract to supply 147 railway switches of various geometries, spare parts and additional track materials to Turkey.
Turkish Railways opens a logistics center in Kars

08.12.2021

Turkish Railways opens a logistics center in Kars

TCDD officially opened its logistics center in Kars, set up to serve the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway linking Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, which opened in October 2017.
construction of a railway

25.11.2021

Turkey received a loan for the construction of a railway

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing the Turkish government with an additional € 150 million loan for the construction of the Ispartakule-Cherkezkoy section of the Halkali-Kapikule railway (Turkey-Bulgaria railway connection).
The first tunnel was built on the Ankara-Izmir high-speed railway in record time

29.10.2021

The first tunnel was built on the Ankara-Izmir high-speed railway in record time

Due to the creation of a high-speed line between Ankara and Izmir, travel time between cities will be reduced from 14 to 3.
high-speed train

06.10.2021

Mass production of the Turkish high-speed train will begin in 2022

Mass production of the Turkish high-speed electric train will begin in 2022. This was announced by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu, who focused on the work carried out by TÜRASAŞ, which reduced Turkey's foreign dependence on railway vehicles.