THE prime minister of Turkey, Mr Recep Erdogan, officially opened the 245km Eskişehir – Istanbul section of the 533km Ankara – Istanbul high-speed line on July 25.
IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey, is trying to obtain a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to fund the acquisition of additional light metro trains.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has awarded Mitsubishi Corporation and CAF, Spain, a €119m contract to supply 21 six-car driverless trains for metro line M5, which is currently under construction.
ŠKODA Transportation has secured a follow-on order from the Turkish city of Konya for 12 catenary-free type 28T Classic LRVs. The new vehicles follow an order for 60 conventional vehicles which are already being rolled out in the city from a €104.7m contract awarded in March 2013.
THE director general of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) Mr Süleyman Karaman says construction is complete on the Istanbul - Eskisehir section of the 533km high-speed line to Ankara allowing test running to begin.
TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) has awarded a €10m contract to Thales to modernise the signalling and telecommunications at Eskisehir station.
THE Mayor of Eskisehir Mr Yılmaz Büyükerşen formally opened the latest addition to the city's EsTram light rail network on March 18 when he made an inaugural trip over Line 3, which serves eastern districts of the Turkish city.
TURKEY's prime minister, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opened Line M2 of the Ankara metro on March 13. This follows hot on the heels of the opening of Line M3 by the premier on February 12.
IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality has signed a €165m financing agreement with international lenders for the construction of two new light rail lines, which will serve the districts of Konak and Karsiyaka.
CREA, the public transport authority in Rouen, France, has sold 28 Alstom trams to the Turkish city of Gaziantep in a deal worth €5.2m.