Türkiye has started an environmental impact assessment for the so-called “Northern Railway Crossing” (INRAIL). The future rail line should bypass the urban core of Istanbul,…
Türkiye, Jordan and Syria are planning to strengthen their collaboration in transport. That much was already known following a meeting by officials earlier this month.…
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, a key line on the Middle Corridor between China and Europe, will more than triple in capacity. By 2034, the BTK…
Syria, Türkiye and Jordan are looking to revive a historic railway to boost regional connectivity. A meeting between transport officials from the three countries concluded…
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) launched a new intermodal connection to Türkiye. The route connects Medeu, in the Almaty region, with Köseköy, southeast of Istanbul, through rail-sea-rail…
As Türkiye is just getting started with construction works, Azerbaijan is coming closer to the finish line. Both countries are building rail access routes to…
Türkiye has officially started construction works for the Kars-Iğdır-Aralık-Dilucu railway line, a 224-kilometre project that will link up to the future Zangezur Corridor. The project,…
In late June, the World Bank announced a 930 million dollar grant for the so-called Iraq Development Road. It would constitute a whole new rail…
It is one of the most contentious issues in current geopolitics, and an influential one for rail freight: the so-called Zangezur Corridor. The 42-kilometre stretch…
China Railways and Turkish company Pasifik Eurasia recently pledged to move 1,000 freight trains per year along the Middle Corridor. The first two are currently…
A large section of the Iraqi Development Road, a rail project that looks to connect Iraq’s southern coast to its northern neighbour Türkiye, will get…
Bulgaria and Türkiye will be building a second rail border crossing. On the Bulgarian side, preparations are now ongoing to start working on the project.…