Turkish State Railways

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.

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).

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

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.

As part of a contract between TCDD and Alstom, Turkey’s first locomotive equipped with the ETCS Level 1 and 2 has been delivered by Alstom for operation on Turkey’s coastline.

Körfez Ulaştırma, a subsidiary of Tüpraş, received the first two EuroDual hybrid locomotives from the railway rolling stock company Stadler.

The Turkish-made electric train will start running trials in August 2021, and by the end of the year it will switch to passenger transportation after passing certification, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu said during a visit to the Turkish Railway Vehicles Industry Inc.

The high-speed railway line Ankara-Sivas will be launched in June 2021. Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Enver Iskurt announced that the construction of the Ankara-Sivas high-speed line is at the final stage.

Siemens Mobility has completed the delivery of high-speed trains for operation in Turkey. After Siemens completes the delivery of the Velaro Turkey high-speed trains ahead of schedule, the entire Velaro fleet is expected to be available for commercial services from June 2021.

Turkey invested nearly $ 2 billion in railways last yearTurkey invested 13. 6 billion Turkish lira ($ 1.

Signaling tests on high-speed railway section began in TurkeyTurkey is testing the ETCS Level-1 signaling system on Konya-Karaman high-speed traffic section.

Turkey sent the first container train to RussiaThe first container train from Turkey to Russia departed on January 29.