Railways once again to the rescue in earthquake-hit Turkey
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, while they…
Middle Corridor set to double traffic and sixfold volumes in 2022
The growing transport demand through the Middle Corridor and the new services launched provide a positive outlook for 2022. A general meeting of the Trans-Caspian…
Turkey with chances to strengthen Middle Corridor’s multimodality
Turkey has a master plan to “breathe fresh air in Black Sea connections and become a Middle Corridor superpower”. Investing in and developing rail freight…
Turkey invests billions in transport, rail freight going for sevenfold increase
Turkey is pouring 198 billion US dollars into its transport sector, and rail is the big winner. “Turkey will become a logistics superpower by 2053”,…
Black Sea-Baltic corridor: Lithuania and Turkey one step from realising it
The Lithuanian and Turkish railways are very close to sealing a collaboration to transport semi-trailers between the two countries. The aim is to utilise existing…
Growing Turkish hub leads to more rail freight investments
The Turkish minister of transport and infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoğlu, announced that his country will increase rail freight investments by 60 per cent. The development results…
The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train was never viable
New light is shed on the case of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train. The service that promised a lot but never happened seems never to have been…
‘Turkish Railways disturbs fair competition’
Thirty Turkish logistics companies are teaming up to improve the competition conditions in the country’s rail freight sector. The main problem that they face is…
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train: political issues behind its stagnation
The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train project would begin operations on 4 March, but the first trip was cancelled multiple times. What could be the possible reasons for…
Trans-Caspian route could see regular container train
A regular container train along the Trans-Caspian rail freight corridor towards Europe could be launched next year. The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) starts from south…