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March 27, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ news in brief - Transit

Chennai CBTC contract for Hitachi, Oslo tunnel contract for Implena, and new light rail lines inaugurated in Turkey, Poland and Austria.

February 7, 2023 | Infrastructure

Turkey and Syria battle impact of 7.8-magnitude earthquake

All trains are halted in Syria but Turkey’s damaged network is being used to transport aid to quake zone.

January 23, 2023 | Infrastructure

Kağıthane - Istanbul Airport metro line opens

New 34km line has line speed of up to 120km/h and end-to-end journey time of 24 minutes.

January 17, 2023 | Financial

Uganda cancels $US 2.3bn SGR deal with China and turns to Turkish firm

Promised funding for the line had not been forthcoming from China.

January 16, 2023 | Freight

Rail Cargo Group launches Serbian subsidiary

Subsidiary will handle transit traffic from Turkey.

January 11, 2023 | Asia

IRJ projects to watch in 2023 - Asia

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the rail projects to watch in Asia over the next 12 months.

January 10, 2023 | Metros

Metro Line 8 opens in Istanbul

The 14.3km driverless route connects lines 4 and 5.

January 9, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ projects to watch in 2023 - Europe

IRJ’s editorial team profiles the rail projects to watch in Europe over the next 12 months.

November 10, 2022 | Commuter Rail

Turkey’s Gaziray commuter service now open to passengers

Two-track commuter line partly in tunnel has been built with 16 stations alongside a double-track mainline.

September 7, 2022 | High-speed

Work begins on Ankara - İzmir high-speed line

The line will reduce the Ankara - İzmir journey time to 3h 30min.

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