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…
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…
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…
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…
Railport, the intermodal terminal in Kartepe, Türkiye, has completed its first finished vehicle train operation, marking a new milestone for rail-based automotive logistics at the…
The Turkish state-owned rail freight operator TCDD Taşımacılık placed an order for 35 Co’Co’ EURO4001 diesel locomotives from Stadler. The units are “engineered for heavy…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…