Europe offers valuable lessons for Turkish rail reform
Written by Keith Barrow
ONE of the most striking features of last month's EurasiaRail exhibition in Istanbul was the obvious confidence of exhibitors in the future of Turkey's railway industry, and the domestic and international suppliers at the show certainly have plenty to be cheerful about. Lira 26bn ($US 14.86bn) has been invested in rail during the last 10 years, and this will increase to Lira 45bn by 2023 in an ambitious programme that promises to plug major gaps in the network, increasing capacity and drastically reducing journey times (IRJ July 2012 p25).
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