TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has awarded CGA, a joint venture between Çeliker, Gülermak, and AŽD Praha, a contract to upgrade the 378km line from Kalin west of Sivas to Samsun.
THE European Union has agreed to provide a grant towards upgrading the main line from Kalin west of Sivas to the Black Sea city of Samsun even though Turkey is not a member of the EU.
ISTANBUL celebrated the completion of another addition to its metro network on April 18, when Turkey's president Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan took an inaugural trip on Line M6.
IZMIT, a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants in northwest Turkey, has issued a tender notice for a contract to build the city's first light rail line.
BURSA Metropolitan Municipality has issued a tender notice for a contract to supply 60 LRVs for the BursaRay light metro network and a further 12 vehicles for street-running tram lines in the Turkish city.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality says it plans to launch a tender before the end of this month for the contract to construct the second phase of metro Line M7.
TURKISH automotive manufacturer Bozankaya has awarded Traktionssysteme Austria (TSA) a contract to supply traction motors for the first order for its new-generation low-floor LRV.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has placed a Won 103.8bn ($US 93.3m) provisional order with Hyundai Rotem for the supply of 17 four-car metro trains that will boost capacity on Line M2 between Yenikapi and Haciosman.
TESTING commenced on Georgia's Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi standard-gauge section of the Baku - Tblisi - Kars (BTK) railway on December 30, a key milestone in the much-delayed project which is described by Georgian officials as the "new silk road."
IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to supply 17 five-car trains for the Turkish city's expanding light metro network.