The World Bank Board has approved $660 million in financing to support Türkiye’s efforts to expand electric rail transportation that will help improve the efficient movement of goods across the country, boost exports, create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project will help expand and modernize one of the oldest and outdated sections of Türkiye’s existing limited rail network.
It will replace diesel-powered trains and expand connectivity between Divriği, in Sivas province, and Kars, near the border with Georgia, in the country’s northeast via a 660-km fully electrified and modern railway line.
Once completed, the project will increase rail freight capacity from about 750,000 tons to 20 million tons per year, eliminating a major bottleneck in the Trans-Caspian Middle Corridor.
