1. RAILWAYS IN TURKEY
HACER UYARLAR
Board Member of UTIKAD

2. UTIKAD
UTIKAD – Association of International Forwarding and Logistics Service Provider
National and International Transportation:
Road, Air Sea, Rail and Combined Transportation
Logistics Services
NGO with approx. 400 members and 50,000 direct employment
95 % of Air Transport
70 % of Road Transport
60 % of Sea Transport
20 % of Rail Transport
carried out by our members in Turkey

3. TURKEY
“As a Strong Bridge Links Continents Geographically, Culturally And Economically”
Gateway From / To :
Europe
C.I.S.
Black Sea
East Mediterranean
Gulf
North Africa

4. Turkey is A Young Dynamic Country With Significant Growth Potential
TURKEY’s ECONOMY
Turkey is A Young Dynamic Country With Significant Growth Potential
17th Largest Economy on the World
6th Largest Economy when compared with EU Countries

5. RAILWAY NETWORK in TURKEY
Total Lines: km (Convantional+High Speed)

6. RAIL TRANSPORT Total length of the railways 12.008 km
26,7 % is electrified
33,9 % is signallized
Private companies can operate own wagons
Monthly block train departures has reached to 5700
1000 block trains for international operations
13 block train routes to Europe

7. RAILWAYS INVESTMENTS in 2013
Railway Investment is Increasing
Million TL

8. ROAD RENEWAL 1000 km line was renewed in 2013
2003
1000 km line was renewed in 2013
Within 10 years km of line was renewed
Lines to be renewed
Lines renewed
2013
OLD
NEW

9. LOGISTICS CENTERS IN TURKEY - TCDD
Gelemen/Samsun
Yeşilbayır/İstanbul
Halkalı/İstanbul
Köseköy/İzmit
Kars H
Bozüyük/Bilecik
Gökköy/Balıkesir
Sivas
Palandöken/Erzurum
Hasanbey/Eskişehir
Uşak
Boğazköprü/Kayseri
Kemalpaşa/izmir
Türkoğlu/K.maraş
Mardin
Kayacık/Konya
Habur
Denizli/Kalkık
Yenice/Mersin
In Service
First Part is completed
Under Construction

10. ‘Hasanbey-eskişehir Logistics was Opened on 19 March 2014’
HASANBEY-ESKIŞEHIR LOGISTICS CENTER
‘Hasanbey-eskişehir Logistics was Opened on 19 March 2014’

11. RAILWAYS PROJECTS in TURKEY
Kars-Tiflis Bakü
Railway
Balo Project
Van Lake Train Ferry
Tekirdag –Derince
Train Ferry
Samsun – Kavkaz
Train Ferry
Batı Ro-Ro –
Train Ferry Service
Varna
Poti
Mersin

12. BALO PROJECT “Great Anatolian Logistics Organizations Project” UTIKAD:
Shareholder of BALO
“Great Anatolian Logistics Organizations Project”
Weekly 3 mutual block train departures by March 2014

13. TRANSPORT MODES WITHIN BALO PROJECT
The containers coming from Istanbul and neighbourhood by railway and from Derince by Vessel are treated in terms of their destinations in BALO Europe Consolidation Center.

14. INNOVATIONAL FEATURES OF BALO PROJECT
To collect the shipments in Anatolia by railway
To achieve a new route that passes Bandirma
Tekirdag by train ferry
To give start scheduled block train services from
10 different points to Europe
To use 45’HC containers

15. KARS - TBILISI – BAKU RAILWAY PROJECT
The foundation of the part in Turkey was laid on 24 July 2008
92% realization of the project in Turkish side was achieved
It is planned to complete the project within 2015

16. VAN LAKE TRAIN FERRY

17. TEKIRDAG - DERINCE TRAIN FERRY
In order to make the transport from Agean and Marmara regions to Europe and v.v. through the shorter corridor between the ports of Tekirdağ; Derince and Bandırma, train ferry operation will be realized.

18. SAMSUN – KAVKAZ TRAIN FERRY
Varna
Poti
Mersin
Combined transport will be able to be made from Turkey to Russia Ukraine, CIS countries and Middle East

19. Train Ferry Transportation by the Freight Forwarders’ Companies:
EXPERIENCES OF FORWARDING & LOGISTICS SERVICE
PROVIDERS WITHIN TURKEY REGARDING THE MFT
Train Ferry Transportation by the Freight Forwarders’ Companies:
“Batı Ro-Ro – Train Ferry Service”
Every 10 days on regular basis for Train Ferry Service
Between Derince - Odessa / Poti

20. MARMARAY PROJECT
“Marmaray was opened on 29 October 2013 and 21 Million 353 Thousand 339 Passengers have been transported in 6 months after opening”
Rail tunnel under Bosphorus
Marmaray project will provide a
continuous communication
between the Asian with
European continents
Linking Europe rail
network to Middle East and CIS

21. CONTENTS A RAIL BRIDGE BETWEEN ASIA & EUROPE
There is approx. 75 Billion $ transport volume between Europe and Asia
Far East Asia
The Central and North Asia
Samsun-Kavqaz
Kars-Tbilisi-Baku
Marmaray
Lake Van Crossing
Tekirdağ-Muratlı
Kurtalan- Nusaybin- Iraq
Kars-Nahcevan-Iran
South East Asia
North Africa
The Middle East

22. INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY PROJECTS via TURKEY
VIKING TRAIN
SILK WIND TRAIN

23. VIKING TRAIN PROJECT
The Black Sea is connecting with the Baltic Sea by the “Viking Train”
The connection of the Viking Train will be able to be established to Mediterranean, Europe, Middle East and Central Asia via Turkey.
It is targeted to connect Europe to Middle East and Cental Asia through TRACECA Corridor in the shortest way.
Lastly Bulgaria joined the Viking train route.

24. VIKING TRAIN PROJECT
“Viking Train”, is an important combined transport project which connects the seaports of Klaipeda, Odessa and Illıchevsk between the Baltic Sea & Black Sea and lastly Bulgaria by the railways.
The Advantages of the Viking Train
Low transport price
Scheduled train movements, short transit times
Secure transport, load safety through the route
Facilitation of the customs and border crossing procedures
Establishing a connection between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea by the transport systems
Reducing the negative effects to the natural environment

25. SILK WIND BLOCK TRAIN
Route: China - Kazakhstan - Caspian Sea - Black Sea
Countries:
China
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Turkey

26. TRACECA “The New Silk Road” Aim of TRACECA
Strengthening of economic relations, trade and transport communication in the regions of the Black Sea basin, South Caucasus and Central Asia owing to active work based on political will and common aspirations of all member-states
Member Countries:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Georgia
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Romania
Tajikistan
Turkey
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

27. DRAFT COMBINED TRANSPORT LEGISLATION
‘’Draft Combined Transport Legislation’’ serves as a model in Europe
General Directorate of Transport of Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport aims to improve and regulate combined, intermodal and multimodal transport in Turkey
UTIKAD makes a huge contribution to prepare this legislation
Planned Validity Date : in 2014

28. CONTACT DETAILS
ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
President : Mr. Turgut ERKESKİN
General Manager : Mr. Cavit UĞUR
Address :
Web Site :
Phone :
Fax :
Address : Senlikkoy Mahallesi, Saci Sokak,
No:4/F, Florya 34153
Bakirkoy – Istanbul / TURKEY

29. Thank You
Hacer UYARLAR
Board Member of UTIKAD