Eurasia Rail-2nd Rolling Stock, Infrastructure & Logistics Exhibition

RAILROAD EXECUTIVES MEET IN ISTANBUL
The countdown has started for the 2nd Eurasia Rail- Roling Stock, Infrastructure and Logistics Exhibition.
Major international firms in the industry meet this time in Istanbul. Nearly 200 internal and foreign firms from 20 countries join the fair.
The fair, opening of which will be realized by Mr. Binali Yildirim, Minister Of Transportation- Maritime Affairs and Communications, will open its doors to the visitors on the date of 08th March 2012.
Also, Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transportation of Bulgaria; Rozymyrat Begendikoviç Seyitkulyyew, Deputy President of Turkmenistan; Bayram Annameredow , Minister of Turkmenistan Railways; Jindrich Kusnir, Director of Railway Department from the Ministry of Transportation in of Czech Republic, Ioannis Petropoulos, General Manager of ERGOSE, the subsidiary of Hellenic Railway Organization and senior officials of State Railroads of Russia are going to join to the fair.
Organization, which will be held in Istanbul Expo Center between dates of 08-10 March 2012, provides a platform which is established on the area of 11.000 square meters in two halls demonstrating all types of productions and technologies related to railroad and infrastructure with the joining of nearly 200 firms.
As a result of efforts of Turkey Fair Organization intended for foreign visitors it has become definite that purchasers and purchasing committees interested in the fair will join from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, South Africa, Iran, Spain, Romania, Greece, Turkmenistan, England, Austria, Germany, Serbia, Italy, Belgium, France, Azerbaijani, Georgia, and South Korea.
Organization which will continue for 3 days, in addition to the demonstrated products, will host foreign and native specialist purchasers.
During the fair, there will be seminars related to the fair of native and foreign speakers from Germany, Spain, Netherland, England, Czech Republic, Italy and People's Republic of China.
Participation to the fair, which was firstly organized in Ankara last year, will increase by two fold bigger than the first one. Also there will be national participations from Germany, England, Russia and Czech Republic. Furthermore, Ministry of Transportation-Maritime Affairs and Communications, T.C.D.D. (Turkish State Railways), TUVASAS (Turkey Railway Industry Incorporated Company), TULOMSAS (Turkey Locomotive and Engine Industry Incorporated Company) and TUDEMSAS(Turkey Railway Machines Industry Incorporated Company) will be official participators and supporters of the fair.
Major leading companies such as Siemens Mobility, Bombardier, CAF, Talgo, General Electric, Alstom, Hyundai Rotem, Dimetronic, Ansaldo Breda, ABB, Vossloh, Plasser Theurer, Voith Turbo, Arcelor Mittal, Schnieder, ZF, Knorr Bremse are going to join to the 2012 version of the fair.

INDUSTRY GETS BIGGER
Inside the targets of Turkey intended to 2023, a line of 10.000 km of high-speed train is aimed to be installed. Now there are services of high-speed lines of Ankara-Eskişehir and Ankara-Konya. The installment of the high-speed lines of Ankara-Sivas has been continuing and the bidding of high-speed line of Bursa-Bilecik and Ankara-Afyon has been completed and the construction will begin soon. If the installment of high-speed line of 10.000 km has been finished, our country will have had the second biggest railway line after the China in the world in 2023. TCDD, which is servicing now with 12 settings, will order for many more in coming years.
In addition to it, when the Marmaray Project has been finished in 2013, railway transportation between England and China will be possible without interruptions. Marmaray will also contribute a great support to the transportation inside the city of Istanbul. That the investments of subway have been assigned to the Ministry of Transportation-Maritime Affairs and Communications has quickened the investments of subway especially in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The biddings of half-finished lines of Tandoğan-Keçiören, Kızılıya-Çay road and Batıkent-Sincan has been completed soon will be assigned. And in Istanbul, the bidding for the subway line of Umraniye-Uskudar has been completed. On the date of March 2012, the subway line of Kartal-Kadikoy will be in service. In addition to it, by installing short lines, it is tried to lessen the traffic density for which the line Istanbul Levent-Hisarüstü project may be shown as an example.
Furthermore, in Adapazarı, by partnership of TCDD, ROTEM and a private industry, there has been installed EUROTEM factory for producing vehicles for railways. Purpose of the factory is to produce vehicles which are not produced in our country. In this regard, the first project they have undertaken is to produce vehicles for Marmaray Project. In Bursa also, the prototype of subway train has been produced. With license of ROTEM, production for diesel settings in TUVASAS has begun. While these works are continuing, biddings for 324 subway vehicles will be made soon.
"The Share of The Train Travelers Will Reach 20 Percent"
"90 percent of the lines in Turkey have no signal and have just one line. Authorities view this situation as "outdated picture" they state that it is necessary to make the signalization of all the lines and they should have two lines at least. In 12-15 years, by installing a new line of 11.000 km, it is aimed at increasing the share of travelers using railways higher that 20 percent.
"Industry of Railways is attracted By Private Industry"
The works of railways ,which have been neglected so far for 50 years, has been quickened in present-period. It is aimed at installing a high-speed line of 10.000 km and a conventional line of 4.000 km by 2023. Viewing the schedule of investments, we can see that quite easily. In this regard, the fair which will be held whets the appetites of both the investments and the other countries in the area and the purchasers from all over the world.