... Turkish for railway. ... little luck finding any ... Mariana, I too am interested in finding out more about watches issued to TCDD staff. I have a number...
Hi I was privelaged to be able to see one of the new EMU's at Esenkent and on test to Polatli the other day - however it had no number, does anyone know the...
Malcolm, they are HT65000's HT=Hizli Tren 65001 and 65002 have been delivered, 65003 was recently accepted. 004, 007, and 008 are/were in France. More...
Oh, you mean the new suburban ones from Hyundai-Rotem, recent pictures at TUVASAS/Adapazari have no numbers (or any other markings). here are some pix...
... collection of ... Swiss made ... made ones ... and when it ... Swiss ... But it is ... Goksin, I too am interested in finding out more about watches issued...
... Yes, info on TCDD page at this link: http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/yolcu/yolcuindex.htm Paste the above link into "Google translate" from Turkish > English and it...
Thanks for your replies guys. Its still not amazingly obvious what is going on, other than that there seems to be a lot of engineering work causing temporary...
From www.railwaymarket.eu (http://www.railwaymarket.eu/6486/Turkey+Highspeed+train+to+be+launch ed+in+March.htm) Turkey: High-speed train to be launched in...
Hi I asked in Adana Enquiry Office about trains to Istanbul and they said to go via Ankara, but tonight I will ask specifically if the Toros express is running...
I thought this was common knowledge as I was told quite openly last weekend by the High Speed Train engineering staff that it would open in March, even though...
Hi I asked tonite in Adana Station, they said Toros no - Yol (track or "way") work, He said the Ic Anadolu was running to Istannbul, so perhaps the problem is...
Quick summary: Ic Anadolu has - very recently - started to run all the way to Istanbul. Toros is still under suspicion, probably because of the fact that...
and they do not learn from their mistakes, do they? knowingly launching it prematurely yet again just to paint a virtual image ahead of the elections at least...
Hi all I don't see anything wrong with launching a partial service with the sets on-hand. This has been done many time elsewhere. The Paris Lyon high speed was...
Hi My contacts replied that so far no decision on timings has been taken, but the understanding they have is that trains will continue to run on the old line...
My big question is - why can't the E52500-powered trains just use the new high speed line, at 160 instead of 250 km/hr? I can't see the 4- or 5-wagon...
Derya Axle loading is not a problem the High Speed Line is laid with UIC 60, rail much stronger than the S49 (or perhaps UIC 50 now) rail used by TCDD. From...
Hi The gremlins seem to have struck and the last part of the message has been replaced with an unrelated link! It was supposed to say that "It is a commercial...
Apparently, I wasn't clear enough. Re the mistakes, my mind was linking the political pressures in the Adana tube with the 'higher-speed' train accident of 4...
As far as I understand, the new lines has ERTMS level 2 signalling, which is indeed an in-cab signalling. Rolling stock has to be suitably equiped to go onto...
Either would I :) p.s.: We are not superstituous, are we? ... _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and...
Hi I have 2 questions 1 How many Class 33 diesels are on order and how many have been built? 2 At the Baris Parki in Yenice there is one of the ex German...