The TCDD trains between Adana and Mersin, which are used by an average of 150 thousand people daily, will carry more passengers with the ongoing signaling works and the increase of the rails to 4 with electrification. Thousands of citizens who commute between Adana and Mersin, which are 69 kilometers apart, prefer trains for safety, comfort and to avoid vehicle traffic. The trains between the two cities, which have 54 trips daily, carry passengers at full capacity.
TCDD General Directorate is working on projects such as signaling, electrification and raising the number of rails to 15 as well as renewing trains on this line, where approximately 4 thousand passengers are transported every day.
The signaling project, designed to make the trains run safer, will cost 130 million euros and will be launched during the year 2013.
The signaling system is carried out on Kayseri-Boğazköprü-Uluşkışla-Yenice-Mersin-Yenice-Adana-Toprakkale line. Thanks to the signaling system, which is a remote-controlled management system, the scissors can be used unmanned and the trains can be stopped in the reception and delivery of the trains to the stations.
With the system where trains can be controlled, all trains on the rails can be managed from the center.
The signaling center will be located in the Signal Center next to Adana Station, and a line with the system can be used thanks to many more trains, which will increase the number of flights.
When the "Electrification" works in the tender stage are completed, the trains in the region will operate with electricity instead of diesel. In this context, both 3/2 energy will be saved and trains will be faster and more comfortable.
On the other hand, project preparation work continues to increase the Adana-Mersin line, which has 1 arrival and 1 departure and does not meet the capacity, to 4 lines. When all these works are completed, it is aimed to transport 25 thousand passengers daily between Adana-Mersin.
