Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that important privileges are provided for retirees on trains. Uraloğlu also said that they took many precautions in the railways for Ramadan Feast.
Underlining that transportation constitutes one of the most basic needs, Uraloğlu reminded that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared 2024 as the "Year of Retirees" and said, "We will use our resources in cooperation with local and central governments in order to support the physical and mental health and social and cultural enrichment of our retirees in their second lives." We mobilize. In this context, we are launching a 10 percent discount on our high-speed, mainline and regional trains to ensure that our retirees travel economically, comfortably and conveniently. "Thus, we aim to encourage our retirees to travel at least a little while contributing to their transportation needs," he said.
Underlining that the retired population of our country, which has a population of approximately 85 million, has reached approximately 16 million, Uraloğlu said, “Our retirees are the veterans of the Turkey Century. They are an important group of people who contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of our country with their hard work and mental effort, and whose experiences we always benefit from. "We are trying to implement the best practices in coordination with both the local government and all other ministries to ensure that they are comfortable in their second spring," he said.
“CAPACITY INCREASED IN ADDITIONAL YHT FLYING AND TRAINS DUE TO THE HOLIDAY AND SEARCH HOLIDAY”
Reminding that 2024 is the "Year of Railways" as well as the "Year of Retirees", Uraloğlu said, "With the railway mobilization we started in all corners of our country, high-speed and high-speed railway lines are being built, our current railway system, which has been improved and modernized, is working smoothly, the national and domestic railway Our industry is developing. While our General Directorate of TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ will transport 2023 million passengers in 255, the demand for trains is increasing, the historical and natural beauties of Anatolia are being discovered with the touristic and other trains we put into service on different routes, and interaction, trade and circulation between regions are increasing. The railway adds abundance and beauty to every place it reaches. The most preferred means of transportation during holidays is the train... We have taken the necessary measures to meet the increasing passenger demand during the Ramadan Feast and mid-term holiday period and for our citizens to spend their time with their loved ones in peace.” said.
Pointing out that there will be additional high-speed train services, as well as capacity increases in mainline and regional trains, between 5 and 15 April, covering this long holiday period, Minister Uraloğlu said, “We will increase the seat capacity by 5 with additional trips that will start from 18.084 April on high-speed train lines. We are increasing the number of daily flights from 13+13 to 14+14 on the Ankara-Istanbul line and from 4+4 to 5+5 on the Konya-Istanbul line. "In addition, the 1+1 weekend service on the Ankara-Konya line, which operates on Fridays and Sundays, will also be operated on Saturdays," he said.
Minister Uraloğlu said that by adding 28 wagons daily to each other in mainline and regional trains, a total seat capacity increase of 10 thousand 15 will be increased during the 200-day holiday period.