Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu emphasized the strategic role of railway systems in global trade and the fact that they offer an environmentally friendly, safe and economical transportation solution. Uraloğlu stated that Türkiye has rebuilt its railway network by investing approximately 23 billion dollars in railways in the last 64 years.
The Role of Railways in Global Trade and Examples
Minister Uraloğlu stated that railway systems around the world connect cities, countries and even continents, speeding up the flow of goods and services and supporting economic growth. Developed within the scope of China's Belt and Road Initiative, China-Europe Railway Express Trains He gave the example of how he transformed trade by connecting Asia and Europe by railway.
As another example Trans-Siberian Railway network Uraloğlu, who showed that this historical line connecting Russia from east to west is a critical artery in freight transportation from ports in the Asia-Pacific region to Europe. The first cross-border electric railway project in Africa, which was implemented between the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, and the Port of Djibouti, The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway He added that the line is another success story that has transformed regional trade. He emphasized that this line facilitates Ethiopia's access to maritime trade, accelerating the transportation of coffee, grain and other agricultural products to global markets.
Türkiye's Strategic Location and Railway Investments
Minister Uraloğlu said that Türkiye is also an international hub between Asia and Europe, extending from China to London. Strategically located in the Middle Corridor He stated that he has. Based on this fact, in the last 23 years, approximately $64 billion investment He said that they had carried out the works and “rebuilt” the railways.
The railway network, which was approximately 2002 thousand kilometers in 11, Approximately 2 thousand kilometers of new lines, 251 thousand 3 kilometers of which are high-speed train (YHT) and high-speed train lines Uraloğlu, drawing attention to the fact that they added approximately the length of the railway 14 thousand kilometers stated that they had increased.
