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Local trains to be online in 2018, says Turkish transport minister


ANKARA – Anadolu Agency


Locally made trains will be on rails by 2018, said Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım yesterday.

“These trains will be produced in three factories of Turkey’s state railways (TCDD). We are planning to get the first trains online in 2018,” he said.

TÜLOMSAŞ, leading local locomotive maker, will produce high speed trains and TÜVASAŞ, leading wagon maker, will be responsible for producing electrical and diesel train sets, he said, adding that TÜDEMSAŞ, Turkish Railway Machines Industry, would produce developed wagons with the contribution of Istanbul Technical University, local defense firm Aselsan and 153 other companies, Yıldırım said.

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