Rail Freight Association to move their target to Turkey

Rail Freight Association to move their target to Turkey: Rail Freight Association (DTD); It was founded in 2006 in order to develop railway transportation, which is friendly of a green and clean environment, in line with the requirements of the age and country, to accelerate the liberalization of the Railway Transportation, to increase the share of the railway in the country's total transportation, and to bring the railway transportation which will be the transportation sector of the future to the place it deserves in our country.
Our members; Their wagons with or TCDD wagons belonging to national and international rail transport which, Wagon with production facilities, coaches engaged in repair and maintenance industry, new railway construction, maintenance and making repairs engaged in railway connection port operations are important companies in Turkey.
We know; The transportation sector has a strategic importance with its economic, social, political and cultural effects. It is not possible to develop the economic system in a country without the establishment of transport infrastructure. Because transportation service is one of the key sectors contributing to every stage of economic activities. The trade, tourism, art, production and agriculture activities will come alive in the places where the transportation routes pass. All these factors help to create new jobs, increase the income level and thus increase the quality of life of the people living in that society.
Nowadays, the systems used to deliver the goods and services produced to the places of consumption are also methods of competing. Therefore, these tools are being diversified and developed both in quality and quantity, and one or more systems are used simultaneously to ensure efficiency and reduce costs. Therefore, it is imperative that all modes of transport are developed and used in combinations required by the situation.
For this reason, freight transport with rail and sea-weighted multi-transportation systems will become more economically attractive for transporters.
Turkey's Transportation System, which entered into force in May 01 2013 "Turkey railway liberalization of Transportation Law" with about 150 years "monopoly" status that rail transport was liberalized. Thus, a new process takes place from the concept of competitive competition between single-mode transportation and transportation types to the understanding of cooperation between types of transport.
One of the steps in this process was the entry into force of the aforementioned law. As far as we have observed, the studies related to the regulations that should be taken out under this law are applied in an intensive work by the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications (UDHB) General Directorate of Rail Regulation. We believe that the relevant General Directorate will remove the regulations in a very short time with this working tempo.
The second stage is the “Combined Cargo Transport Regulation İkinci which will lay the foundation for cooperation between the types of transport. UDHB Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport General Directorate, which started to work on this issue, has come to the end of a two-year intensive work.
We know that the transportation of goods in a short time, economic and safe to reach the target of the selection of transportation types is gaining importance. In this context, it is inevitable to use more than one type of transportation in the transportation of the cargo from the exit point to the destination.
Turkey, both domestically and abroad in the transportation Combined Transport System will capture a significant cost advantage in transportation.
Because the important element of efficient transportation is to combine large loads transported to long distances at the exit and destination points. As can be seen all over the world, especially railway transportation is appropriate. The corridors that will be created over these long distances can offer attractive opportunities to the operators because they have reliable, fast, low operating and administrative costs. In the load corridors to be formed, it will be possible to increase the infrastructure standards and coordinated investments in line with demand forecasts. In order to synchronize investments and infrastructural works, plans should be made in the context of ”dedicated or burden priority line,, taking into consideration other types of transport; efficient, innovative and combined transport services, including medium and long-distance rail services, should be supported.
In parallel with safety, environment, energy and economic needs, the railway sector, which is becoming more and more important in the transportation sector, will contribute to the vision created in line with these developments. "Clean and green environment" of goals in mind shaped 2023 years in Turkey, by constructing new lines are compatible with emerging technologies with the aim of meeting the transportation requirements, integration with existing infrastructure and tools to overcome, and other modes of transport should be ensured. Thus, services can be provided on the basis of ecek quality of life standard Böylece.
In the coming period, transport targets can be summarized as less congestion, less emissions, more employment and greater growth, more revenue, better quality service, safer travel and a less dependable transport system to oil. new traffic management system in Turkey as well as all over the world can play an important role in reducing emissions from transport.
The delayed action and timid steps taken to new technologies Turkey transportation sector and a decline of no return based industries in this sector and can therefore sentenced to mobility restrictions. going to the next process in Turkey transport sector transport market will be able to stay in the rapidly evolving world increasingly faced with stiff competition.
Turkey's goal is to throw the transportation system without sacrificing efficiency and mobility of danger must be to recover from dependence on oil.
The transport sector should use less and cleaner energy, make more use of modern infrastructure, but also reduce the negative impact on important natural assets, such as water, soil and ecosystems, and the environment. New transport models should emerge and a larger volume of cargo and more passengers should be transported jointly with the most efficient multi-transport systems.
The expectations of the private railway transport sector from the relevant regulatory agencies are as follows;
• Infrastructure usage fees must be at a level that can be competitive with the road.
• No distinction should be made between public and private sector access to infrastructure
• In order to prevent inequality in competition, all the facilities that can be provided to the public sector in the process of transition to liberalization process should be provided to the private sector without discrimination.
• Priority should be given to railway investments within the transport system
• In the investment plans, the priority investment strategy should be applied.
• Existing lines should be renewed, axle pressure on all lines should be increased to at least 22,5, all lines should be signaled and electrified.
• Rail connections should be made to all ports, production centers and Organized Industrial Zones
• Establishment of Railway Excellence Centers and Research Institutes should be encouraged, testing and certification centers should be established.
• Transportation Master Plan and Logistics Master Plan should be removed and Intelligent Transportation Systems should be established.
• Priorities should be made to change the imbalance between transport types until 2023
• Establish transport systems that minimize environmental impacts and which are best used in terms of carbon emission and energy efficiency
• An appropriate qualified human resource training system needs to be created in the railway sector.
• New lines and connections should be made to provide connections to neighboring countries.
• The use of transportation infrastructure should be charged.
• Each transport sector has its own unique advantages such as high capacity and safety, flexibility, low energy, low environmental impact.
• Establish appropriate infrastructure for multiple transport systems and prepare legislation
• A transport system to increase the share of the railroad in freight transport to the 2023 up to 15, the share of passenger transport in 10 up to XNUMX
Finally and especially we would like to mention; Turkey and the world we take account of this development, "Logistics", "Combined Transport", "Public Transport", "Traffic Jam," "Man and Nature Respect Life" and so on railroad, which is integrated with the concept, we were in 21. century will be the most important transportation type and technology.
As we always say, gibi the railway is our future Dernek