The new high-speed railway line which will connect Ankara and İzmir in 3.5 hours is set to start operations in 2027, Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced when visiting the project this...Read more
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will unlock 781 million euros in financing for a new high-speed railway in Southern Turkey. The money comes with the condition that UK firms will...Read more
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure held the kick-off ceremony for work on a key piece of high-speed infrastructure on Tuesday. A new tunnel on the outskirts of Istanbul should help facilitate faster train...Read more
The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) have evacuated close to 40.000 people from the earthquake-stricken area in Southern Turkey over the past few days, the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure announced on Wednesday. TCDD in a...Read more
Railway traffic in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has been affected due to the earthquakes that struck the border region on Monday. In Syria, all railway traffic is suspended while in Turkey it is mostly...Read more
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure this week inaugurated a metro line to Istanbul Airport. The line stands out for its speed, as in some sections passengers will be travelling at 120 kilometres per...Read more
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu inaugurated the Gaziray commuter railway system in the eastern city of Gaziantep over the weekend. Work on the line coincided with installation...Read more
Istanbul welcomed the legendary Orient Express on Thursday. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, offered by travel company Belmond, runs once a year between Istanbul and Paris.Read more
Individuals at Siemens Mobility Turkey may have bribed Turkish government officials, construction company Kolin and Turkish State Railways (TCDD), a whistleblower has alleged. Documents regarding the allegations and a subsequent investigation by Siemens Mobility were...Read more
A groundbreaking ceremony was held over the weekend for a new high-speed line between the Turkish capital Ankara and Kayseri, an important industrial city further east. Once completed, travel time between the two Anatolian cities...Read more
Turkish Transport minister Adil Karaismailoğlu celebrated the completion of tunnelling activities for the new high-speed line to Bursa over the weekend. It connects the important centre of commerce and industry in the Marmara region to...Read more
Sun Tren’s Cappadocia Express, Turkey’s first private railway venture, will be using two Renfe trains for its planned sleeper service to the UNESCO world heritage site Cappadocia, the Spanish operator announced on Wednesday.Read more
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and local authorities held a so-called first rail welding ceremony earlier on Wednesday for a new high-speed line and freight connection across the European part of the country.Read more
Thursday, May 19 marks 45 years since the arrival of the last Orient Express at Sirkeci Station in Istanbul, Turkey. While Istanbul wasn’t the first destination of this legendary train service nor the last, it...Read more
The Istanbul-Sofia Express will resume services on Monday, April 25, the Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure announced on Wednesday. The sleeper train was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more