Topic: Turkey

INRAIL World Bank approves $2bn loan: ‘Bosphorus rail capacity to grow from 3 to 50 million tonnes’

The World Bank has approved a two billion dollar loan for Türkiye’s Bosphorus rail connection (INRAIL). The sea strait is currently a major bottleneck for…
Asia-Europe Türkiye secures $6.75 billion for massive Bosphorus rail upgrade

Six international lenders have extended a helping hand to Türkiye, transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced. With a total of 6.75 billion dollars they are positioning…
Asia-Europe EU: ‘TRIPP could be 25% faster than BTK’ and help secure raw materials

The TRIPP corridor through southern Armenia could prove to be a faster alternative to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway (BTK). That follows from an EU report on…
First time in over a decade Around-the-clock rail production at British Steel after major Turkish deal

British Steel is gearing up production after securing a Turkish order worth tens of millions of pounds. It will produce rails 24/7 for the first…
Tough path to recovery ‘Syria to prioritise restoring rail link to Türkiye’

Syria has reportedly started the reconstruction of its rail network in cooperation with Türkiye and Iraq. A number of high-importance projects are on the to-do…
Link to Kars? Iran plans new railway for China-Europe traffic

Iran is planning to build a new 200-kilometre long railway to facilitate China-Europe traffic. The country’s transport minister, Farzaneg Sadegh, stated that Tehran wants to…
Milestone Turkish Railport terminal launches operations with METRANS train

The new Turkish intermodal terminal Railport, the first private one of its kind in Türkiye, has started operations. A METRANS-operated inaugural train departed on 21…
Relaunch by year's end ‘Muslim Union Railway faster and cheaper than sea routes’

A reopening of the Muslim Union Railway, a newly introduced name for the Pakistan-Iran-Türkiye line, is right around the corner. Talks between the countries are…
Armenia becomes transit country A political breakthrough opens up the Caucasus for more freight transit

The political reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is transforming the transport landscape in the mountainous Caucasus region. Whereas the two countries would not allow transit…
Islamabad - Tehran - Istanbul Türkiye and Pakistan plan to revive troubled rail freight service

Türkiye and Pakistan want to restart rail freight services between the two countries, transiting Iran. The last time that such a train operated was in…
Air-to-rail on the Middle Corridor Türkiye takes first step toward costly Istanbul rail bypass

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,…
Onwards to 50 million? ‘Baku – Tbilisi – Kars line will grow to a capacity of 17 million tonnes by 2034’

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…