Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Türkiye Rail System Vehicles Industry Inc. He spoke at the Eskişehir 5000 Electric Mainline Locomotive Contract Signing Ceremony signed between TÜRASAŞ and TCDD Taşımacılık.
Minister Uraloğlu said that they will further accelerate the projects they have dreamed of and have been preparing for years for the new century of our Republic, and said, “This century will be a period in which our country will mark the world history with the vision of 'A Turkey with a strong industry and a national technology'. We have already become a global producer and export country worldwide with the national technology products we have produced by developing our domestic industry in the last 22 years under the leadership of our President. Our country's exports of medium-high and high-tech products such as machinery, medical, transportation, electrical and electronics, especially the defense industry, will approach 2023 billion dollars in 100. In fact, we responded with TOGG to those who blocked the Devrim Car, which was produced in TÜRASAŞ' Eskişehir facilities, that is, here, about 60 years ago. "By producing our own car with TOGG, we have made another longing and dream of our nation come true," he said.
LOCAL AND NATIONAL TURKSAT 6A IN SPACE IN JUNE
Minister Uraloğlu underlined that they saw Gökbey and Atak Helicopters, Bayraktar, Akıncı, Kızılelmalı and finally the domestic warplane Kaan in the skies, and emphasized that Turkey launched its own warships one by one with the MİLGEM Project. Mentioning that the world's first UAV Ship, TCG Anadolu, was produced, Uraloğlu said, “We started to produce our own domestic observation and communication satellites with our first domestic and national surveillance satellite, İMECE, our cube satellites and close orbit constellations. "We are making a technical revolution in the field of space and satellite technologies with our first national and local communication satellite, TÜRKSAT 6A, and we aim to send our satellite into orbit around June-July," he said.
Minister Uraloğlu said that they did not leave the railway vehicles and industry behind in production and noted that they prioritized locality and nationality issues in all the projects they implemented as the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Reminding that they merged TÜLOMSAŞ, TÜDEMSAŞ and TÜVASAŞ, three important companies where different parts of rail system vehicles are made, under the umbrella of TÜRASAŞ with the Presidential decision dated March 4, 2020, Uraloğlu said, “In the production of railway vehicles, we gather the sector stakeholders under one roof and in the rail system production processes. We achieved new momentum and synergy. We turned TÜRASAŞ into one of the largest rail system vehicle manufacturers in the Middle East. "To date, we have been producing main, critical and sub-products such as new generation locomotives, diesel and electric train sets, passenger wagons, freight wagons, Traction converter, Traction engine, diesel engine, Train Control Management System, etc. at international standards," he said. Uraloğlu reminded that they put the first national electric train sets into service in 100, the 2023th anniversary of the republic, and underlined that they also put local and national driverless metro vehicles, produced with a 70 percent local production rate, on the rails.
NATIONAL ELECTRIC HIGH-SPEED TRAIN SET WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2024
Minister Uraloğlu stated that 160 sets of Turkey's first National and Local Electric Train Set project, called "New Sakarya" with a speed of 2 kilometers per hour, were completed and put into service. Explaining that mass production has started and that they plan to increase the number of these train sets to 2030 by 56, Uraloğlu said, “We have reached the final stage of the design work on the National Electric High Speed Train Set Project, which has a speed of 225 kilometers per hour. "We plan to complete the prototype production this year. Our National Suburban Train Set Prototype vehicle production efforts continue," he said. Uraloğlu emphasized that TÜRASAŞ Eskişehir Regional Directorate is a giant production center integrated with seven factories consisting of locomotives, bogies, electrical machines, engines, wagons, machining and chemical processes factories. Explaining that a total of 912 locomotives of various types and 11 thousand 974 wagons of various types have been produced in the center so far, Uraloğlu said that in 22 years, in addition to the production and export of 1000 Horsepower DH 10000 type Diesel Hydraulic Mainline and Shunting Locomotives, a total of 7000 units of DH10000/DH12000/DH31 types have been produced. He noted that locomotives and spare parts for locomotives were also exported to Iraqi Railways.