Carry freight at night on the High Speed ​​Line

On the Fast Train Line will carry the load at night: The high-speed train Line will only serve at night. It will work between Istanbul-Bursa and Konya-Karaman-Adana lines. On the other hand, it is planned to establish TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ until the end of the year.
New projects started to come in railways after the regulations were made to open freight and passenger transport to the private sector. The details of the statement of Lütfi Elvan, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications the previous day, "The freight will also be carried on the high-speed train line" became clear. In addition to passenger transportation on high speed train lines, it will now transport freight. The high-speed train line, which will operate between Istanbul-Bursa and Konya-Karaman-Adana lines, will only serve at night. At the end of the year 2011 in Turkey, 12 thousand lines long, the high-speed line was 888 kilometers in length. Until 2023, it is planned to increase the length of the high-speed train line to 10 thousand kilometers, increasing the share of railways from 2 percent to 10, and from 5 percent to 15 percent.
Freight and passenger transport will open to competition
Meanwhile, the European Union in accordance with the legislation of the railway sector in order to create the legal and institutional framework enacted in May 1 2013 Railway Sector of Turkey unless a new Law on the Liberalization of railway transportation has been entered. Preparations for the establishment of TCDD Tasimacilik AS, which will be established within the scope of the regulation that paves the way for the liberalization of railways, continue. As of the end of 2014, the work of TCDD and TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ will be completed. Thus, freight and passenger transportation will be opened to competition, the private sector will have the opportunity to make rail transport with its own trains and its own staff.
In the 2003-2013 years of last year's prices, nearly 40 billion was transferred to the railway sector. With the block train application moved 2013 million tons cargo in 26. 2003 658 thousand tonnes / year in container transport with 2013 13 8,7 increased by more than 2013 million tons / year output. 6,1 million tons of cargo has been moved in XNUMX in the scope of freight transportation and car rental.