Irmak Zonguldak Railway Rehabilitation (Turkey) - Investment Loan

Irmak-Zonguldak Railway Rehabilitation (Turkey) - Investment Loan

Date of entry: 09/02/2011

Promoter - Financial Intermediary
General Directorate of State Railways Administration (TCDD)
Mr. Contact Mehmet directly
Head of Research Planning & Coordination Department
Talatpasa Bulvari 06330 Gar- Ankara Turkey
Tel: +90 312 311 25 66
Mobile: + 90 505 467 03 44
Fax: +90 312 310 40 84
http://www.tcdd.gov.tr

Lease

Turkey
Description

The rehabilitation of the Irmak-Zonguldak railway line which connects several ports on the Black Sea.

Objectives

Transportation is transported to the public transport.

Comments

Sector (s)

Transport
Proposed EIB finance

Up to EUR 145 million

Total cost

EUR 370 million

Environmental aspects

The Project is aimed at rehabilitating and implementing a signalisation system for the 486 km Irmak - Karabük - Zonguldak Railway Line. The Project includes the complete renovation of the permanent way, substructure, bridges and culverts, the introduction of new telecommunication and signalling systems and changes to the track layout in some selected stations. Being a rehabilitation of a line along the existing alignment with no changes of the location of the permanent way, the project is expected to fall under Annex II of the relevant EC Directive and applicable Turkish legislation.

Procurement

This is a project from the EC. Procurement of the Procurement works.

Status

Signed - 04/07/2011.