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January 14, 2022 | Freight

Islamabad - Tehran - Istanbul freight service relaunched

The service is expected to improve trade between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.

December 28, 2021 | Infrastructure

Assystem wins Turkish mainline project contract

The contract involves overseeing the 67km Ispartakule – Çerkezköy section of the Halkali - Kapikule line.

November 26, 2021 | Infrastructure

Alstom wins two Turkish signalling contracts

Contracts comprise main line ERTMS and a CBTC project in Istanbul.

March 5, 2021 | Metros

Two new metro lines planned for Istanbul

The new lines will be built on the Asian and European sides of the city.

January 6, 2021 | Light Rail

Istanbul opens first LRT line with ground power supply

ISTANBUL officially opened Line T5, the city’s first light rail line equipped with Alstom’s APS ground-power-supply system, on January 1.

December 7, 2020 | Main line

Turkey and Bulgaria to double-track Plovdiv - Istanbul line

TURKEY and Bulgaria have moved forward with plans to double-track the line between Plovdiv and Istanbul, which includes upgrades to the Svilengrad - Kapikule border crossing in Bulgaria.

November 2, 2020 | Metros

Istanbul driverless M7 line opens

METRO Istanbul began operation of the 18.5km Mecidiyeköy - Mahmutbey section of the driverless Line M7 on October 28.

September 11, 2020 | Fleet

Istanbul Metro to begin testing of new trains

TURKEY’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has announced that it will begin operational performance tests on the first of its new fleet of 44 four-car metro trains later this month.

June 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

Thales to install CBTC on three Asian metro projects

THALES has won contracts to install its SelTrac Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) on metro projects in Istanbul, Nanchang, and Incheon.

April 29, 2020 | Rolling stock

CRRC Zhuzhou wins Istanbul automated metro train contract

CRRC Zhuzhou has won a Lira 1.55bn ($US 221.8m) contract to supply 176 metro cars for Line M11 being built to serve Istanbul’s new airport which opened in April 2019.

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