Turkish railways

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway: launch date announced

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway: launch date announced

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway route will increase its transportation capacity to five million tons per year after modernization on May 20, a fivefold increase from its previous capacity, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) said. ADY …

Ali İhsan Uygun appointed head of Turkish State Railways

Ali İhsan Uygun appointed head of Turkish State Railways

A new director general of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD), which operates under the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, has been appointed. Former assistant director general Ali İhsan Uygun has been …

Freight train blown up in Turkey

Freight train blown up in Turkey

Unidentified persons blew up a freight train in Turkey’s south-western province of Osmaniye. The train’s engineers were injured as a result of the accident and taken to hospital. The police and military …

PKK members kill railway worker in Turkey

PKK members kill railway worker in Turkey

A railway worker was killed when members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) opened fire on railway workers. The workers were repairing railways damaged in a bomb attack by PKK members on a freight train that was heading