Railways Left Their Mark on Freight Transportation in the First 4 Months of the Year

In the January-April period of TCDD Tasimacilik, there was an increase of 24.8 percent in domestic shipments and 19.8 percent in international shipments compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to the information obtained from the General Directorate of TCDD Tasimacilik AS, the increase in rail freight transport, which has been in the forefront in ensuring the continuity of trade, continued in the first four months of 2021.

Rail Freight Transport Reaches Competitive Power with Other Modes of Transport With Increased Wagon Diversity

Contrary to the contraction in other transportation sectors due to the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic, an increase was recorded in rail freight transport.

In the January-April period of this year, there was an increase of 24.8 percent in domestic transportation and 19.8 percent in international transportation compared to the same period of the previous year.

Turkey has become an important center in the international railway corridor with the priority railway policies that have been carried out for the last 18 years, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Line, whose infrastructure has been renewed and modernized, and the Marmaray Bosphorus Tube Crossing.

With the increase in the variety of wagons, the importance of rail transportation was better understood with its fast, safe and economic advantages in the epidemic conditions that shook all sectors while rail freight transportation reached its competitive power with other transportation modes.

Various types of wagons were produced with the development of the national and domestic railway industry. A wide range of products has been reached with these wagons.

In the First 4 Months of the Year, Cargo was Moved with an Average of 210 Trips a Day

While 209 million 114 thousand 7 loads were transported with 654 thousand 800 wagons in domestic transportation in the first four months of last year, in the same period of this year, 255 million 222 thousand 9 tons of freight was reached with 549 thousand 503 wagons.

While the number of wagons, which was 30 thousand 768 in international transportation, reached 36 thousand 698, the amount of freight increased from 1 million 141 thousand 201 tons to 1 million 366 thousand 951 tons.

With these increases, TCDD Tasimacilik, which carries 2020 thousand tons of cargo with an average of 170 train trips per day in 81, in the first 4 months of this year, exceeded 210 thousand tons per day with an average of 100 trips.

TCDD Tasimacilik pioneered the growth of the sector by leasing wagons to the private sector. Thus, the share of rail transport in total transport has reached 5 percent.