TRIAL operation of a new fleet of GreenCity high-floor LRVs for the Bursaray light rail network in the Turkish city of Bursa began on June 15.
POWERLINES Group, Austria, has been awarded a contract by CCE Elektrik, Turkey, to supply overhead catenary components for electrification of new light rail lines in the Turkish cities of Izmir and Izmit.
TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has appointed Mr Isa Apaydin chairman of the board and director-general, succeeding the former director general Mr Ömer Yildiz.
The Turkish government is investing heavily in its railway as it aims to deliver a modern network by 2023. Turkish State Railways (TCDD) is inevitably playing a critical role in delivering various projects and TCDD's assistant general director Ismail Murtazaoglu met Kevin Smith in Ankara to discuss progress so far.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 359bn ($US 316m) contract to supply 300 driverless metro cars for the city's rapidly-expanding urban rail network.
TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) confirmed to IRJ on April 6 that it is planning to start operations on the second phase of the Marmaray project in Istanbul in the first half of 2017.
LONG-held plans to liberalise Turkey's railway sector are set to be implemented during the second half of 2016 enabling private freight operators to access the network for the first time.
THE first of 30 low-floor LRVs being supplied by Bozankaya, Turkey, for the light rail network in Kayseri was handed over to the mayor of the Turkish city Mr Mustafa Çelik on March 23.
BOMBARDIER has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bozankaya, a Turkish LRV car body manufacturer, to bid for Turkish State Railways' (TCDD) forthcoming tender for 80 high-speed trains, which is expected to be published shortly.
IZMIR celebrated the opening of the latest addition to its Izban suburban rail network on February 6 when the 27km extension of the Southern Line from Cumaovasi to Tepeköy was inaugurated by Turkey's transport and communications minister Mr Binali Yildirim and the mayor of Izmir Mr Aziz Kocaoglu.
