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EurasiaRail conference on track T
urkel Fair Organisation (TFO), which has been putting on international exhibitions since 1993, is hosting its next one in Ankara.
EurasiaRail Rolling Stock, Infrastructure and Logistics Fair takes place from 2-5 March 2011 at Anfa Altinpark Expo Center in the Turkish capital.
TFO has greatly contributed to the Turkish economy through the years and the upcoming exhibition will gather government bodies and private sector companies involved with rolling stock, infrastructure and logistics. The exhibition has no parallel since the foundation of the Turkish Republic.
Rolling stock is the flagship means of mass transportation for both people and freight around the world and Turkey is an expanding market in the sector.
The EurasiaRail exhibition will bring into sharp relief the latest technologies and improvements in the market.
The exhibitors will include government bodies, rolling stock companies, railway technology companies, electrification firms, signalization firms, railway safety firms, contractor firms, construction subcontractor firms, construction materials companies, logistics firms, heavy industries, hardware and tool manufacturers, wholesalers and related associations, the media, financial institutions, transport IT and all other related sectors.
Global conferences
TFO’s EurasiaRail team attended Infrarail Birmingham from 12-15 April 2010, Metro China Shanghai from 18-22 May 2010
Railway reform
Railway reform is on the right track which is good news not only for Turkey, as a country wanting to access the EU which will have to align to most of the norms already implemented by the Member States, but also for potential investors who want to enter Turkey’s railway market.
“ Railway reform is on the right track which is good news not only for Turkey...but also for potential investors who want to enter Turkey’s railway market.”
and the Expo Ferroviaria Turin in Italy between 8-11 June 2010.
EurasiaRail visited the stands of governments and private sector companies involved in rolling stock, light rail systems, rolling stock technologies, infrastructure and logistics and gave information about the upcoming show in Ankara. Both exhibitors and visitors to the shows were invited to Ankara.
The team also visited the InnoTrans Berlin conference from 21-24 September 2010 and Roadex-Railex in Abu Dhabi from 28-30 November 2010 to promote the EurasiaRail 2011 expo.
Railway Gazette magazine, which circulates in 174 countries monthly, is the official media partner of EurasiaRail Turkey.
€27 billion investment in rolling stock
Railway transport in Turkey has a strategic importance for EU countries and the Middle
East. The ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transportation of Turkey have declared the importance of improving the railway network to work with maritime and highway transportation to invigorate both economic and political relations between Eurasian countries.
Turkey doesn’t provide a railway connection between the two continents but things are about to change once the Marmaray project is finalised. Marmaray is the second most important submarine railway tunnel in Europe. The Government in Ankara declared that €27 billion will be invested in the railways by 2020.
A member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Turkey is one of the top 20 economies in the world. The Turkish economy, although on the increase in the last few years mainly due to investment, is still recording a significant current account deficit and high external debts.
“ The Government in Ankara declared that €27 billion will be invested in the railways by 2020.”
Once these norms are in place, it will ease both T.C.D.D.’s (Turkish state railways) activity as project manager but also the work of European railway suppliers who have stated their intention to with Turkey’s high-speed transport projects. Railway reform was considered in 2001 during discussions with the World Bank. Aid from the bank was required both for consultancy and financing. T.C.D.D.’s re-organisation involves two aspects: railway reform and the separation and concession of ports.
The railway reform is based on the European model. In fact, the reform seeks to separate the infrastructure manager from the operators, provide free access for all freight operators, establish an access charge, and transfer suburban operations to local authorities with services provided by operators based on a contract, as well as separate rolling stock manufacturing facilities.
It also seeks to establish regulatory, security and certification bodies. T.C.D.D.’s reorganisation is one of the conditions accepted by Turkey based on the EU agreements.
Future economic and legislative reforms are expected, which, together with the perspective of accessing the EU, will attract important foreign investments.
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