ISTANBUL celebrated the completion of another addition to its metro network on April 18, when Turkey's president Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan took an inaugural trip on Line M6.

IZMIT, a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants in northwest Turkey, has issued a tender notice for a contract to build the city's first light rail line.

BURSA Metropolitan Municipality has issued a tender notice for a contract to supply 60 LRVs for the BursaRay light metro network and a further 12 vehicles for street-running tram lines in the Turkish city.

ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality says it plans to launch a tender before the end of this month for the contract to construct the second phase of metro Line M7.

TURKISH automotive manufacturer Bozankaya has awarded Traktionssysteme Austria (TSA) a contract to supply traction motors for the first order for its new-generation low-floor LRV.

ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has placed a Won 103.8bn ($US 93.3m) provisional order with Hyundai Rotem for the supply of 17 four-car metro trains that will boost capacity on Line M2 between Yenikapi and Haciosman.

TESTING commenced on Georgia's Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi standard-gauge section of the Baku - Tblisi - Kars (BTK) railway on December 30, a key milestone in the much-delayed project which is described by Georgian officials as the "new silk road."

IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to supply 17 five-car trains for the Turkish city's expanding light metro network.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: DURMAZLAR, Turkey, has unveiled GreenCity, it's new light metro vehicle platform at the InnoTrans outside track area.

TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has awarded Indra, Spain, a €43m contract to supply a traffic management and network planning system covering 12,000km of conventional and high-speed lines.