Turkish rolling inventory producer Türasaş has signed a contract with Türkiye’s nationwide rail supplier TCDD for 95 locomotives.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu witnessed the signing ceremony at TCDD’s lately opened Sivas bogie manufacturing unit in central Türkiye, and instructed native media the deal was a part of the nation’s industrial technique.
“This century will likely be a interval through which our nation will mark world historical past with the imaginative and prescient of ‘A Turkey with a robust business and a nationwide expertise’,” he stated.
The brand new deal gives for 95 locomotives, which will likely be dual-use for each passenger and freight providers. All of the trains are Eskişehir 5000 Electrical Mainline Locomotive items, also referred to as E5000. It’s named for its 5000 KW energy provide and may attain 140km/h.
The minister additionally lauded the innovation within the Turkish rolling inventory business growth.
“The primary domestically designed automobile physique, the primary bogie and the primary Practice Management and Administration System for mainline locomotives had been applied with this undertaking.
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“Furthermore, all the principle elements developed for the Eskişehir-5000 locomotive are merchandise with important expertise that may be exported as separate merchandise. “These merchandise can be utilized in current locomotives inside TCDD Transportation, each as spare elements and for his or her modernization,” he stated.
Alongside the contract finalisation, an replace was given on the event of Türkiye’s high-speed rail undertaking.
“Now we have reached the ultimate stage of the design work on the Nationwide Electrical Excessive-Velocity Practice Set Undertaking, which has a velocity of 225km/h,” Uraloğlu stated.
“We plan to finish the prototype manufacturing this yr. Our Nationwide Suburban Practice Set Prototype automobile manufacturing efforts proceed,” he stated.
