Minister Binali Yıldırım participated in the International Railway Fair

Minister Binali Yıldırım attended the International Railway Fair: Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım said, “If we look at the last 10 years, 11 thousand kilometers of the 10 thousand kilometer line has been completely renovated.
Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım said, “If we look at the last 10 years, 11 thousand kilometers of the 10 thousand kilometer line have been completely renovated. Our goal is to make all lines with electrical signals in the next 8-10 years ”.
International Railway, Light Rail Systems, Infrastructure and Logistics Fair - Eurasia Rail will be held at Istanbul Expo Center between 3 - 5 March. Eurasia Rail, which was opened by local and foreign high-level government officials and representatives of the railway sector, is held for the 6th time this year. 300 companies and 30 countries are participating in the Eurasia Rail fair this year.
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Binali Yıldırım, who attended the fair, said, “If we look at the last 10 years, 11 thousand kilometers of the 10 thousand kilometer line are completely renewed. Our goal is to make all lines with electrical signals in the next 8-10 years ”.
Minister Yıldırım, be made to the infrastructure works to be too much, "When we started to work in 2003 related to the infrastructure of railways in Turkey views frankly was not very good. There has been no serious new infrastructure since 1951, and at the same time, the existing infrastructure has not been renewed. Our railways, which have a network of around 11 thousand kilometers, had to carry the load of this country, but as a result of negligence, they had to carry the cargo of the country's railways. While we started the construction of high-speed train lines with the determined policies and projects we have put forward, this untouched infrastructure should be overhauled, renewed, signaled non-signaled lines, increased the amount of electrification and the existing infrastructure completely renewed. At this point, if we look at the last 10 years, 11 thousand kilometers of the 10 thousand kilometer line are completely renewed. Our goal is to make all lines with electrical signals in the next 8-10 years ”.
Minister Yıldırım continued his words as follows:
"We need Turkey as indigenization, we have a very ambitious and committed on both nationalization program. In this program, our aim is to bring together the technologies of the more developed countries in the region and the countries in need. Thus, for the development of the sector, it is to provide the structure to own the products at more reasonable levels for the brotherhood, peace and prosperity of humanity. "
The conferences of 'Railway Legislation', 'Urban Rail Systems', 'Developments in Railway Vehicles', 'Special Topics in Railways' and 'Safety Management System' conferences held during the fair, which is the only Eurasian region and the world's third largest railway fair, It offers the opportunity to listen to the important names of the sector and to be informed about the latest developments in the sector.
Eurasia Rail 5 will remain open until Saturday evening.