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Breaking news! The freight train carrying plastic raw materials from Gaziantep to Çorlu completed its journey through Marmaray with the participation of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu.
Upon boarding the train driver’s cabin at the Söğütlüçeşme station in Marmaray, Karaismailoğlu traveled to Kazlıçeşme.
Karaismailoğlu, who made statements to members of the press at the Kazlıçeşme stop, said they witnessed a historic moment tonight and said that the first national freight train will pass through Marmaray and arrive in Çorlu.
Minister Karaismailoğlu stated that the train weighing 1,200 tons consisted of 16 carriages, which carried plastic raw materials in 32 containers, and said that the cargo received from Anatolia would be transported between Asia and Europe without interruption.
Expressing that the loads to be carried from Anatolia to Tekirdağ were previously delivered by train to Derince, from Derince by ferry and later by land to industrial facilities in Çorlu. Starting tonight, we begin to pass our freight trains in the country through Marmaray. he spoke.
Karaismailoğlu stated that serious progress has been made on the railway for 17 years, and that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars line was opened and the Samsun-Sivas line, connecting the Black Sea with Anatolia, was put into operation last week.
“OUR INVESTMENTS IN A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN CONTINUE”
Minister Karaismailoğlu stated that investments in high-speed trains continue and said:
“We are trying to bring the Ankara-Sivas high-speed train line into service this year. Studies on the Ankara-Izmir line continue. Our rail investments in Bursa, Yenişehir, Osmaneli, Adana, Mersin are rapidly progressing across our country ” We had taken him to Europe. It was the first international cargo transportation. “
Karaismailoğlu noted that there was a gold transition from Marmaray, which is located in the center of the central corridor from Beijing to London, “Marmaray is at a very important point that connects Asia and Europe without interruption. Right in the middle and it is worth gold” . spoke in the way.
