TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) signed a contract with domestic manufacturer T\u00fcrasa\u015f to supply 95 electric locomotives on March 15.<\/p>\n
No delivery date was quoted and the price of the deal for the TSI-compliant E5000 locomotives was not revealed.<\/p>\n
A prototype E5000 was unveiled in February 2023. The new design has a maximum speed of 140km\/h and is rated at 5MW.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Eski\u015fehir 5000 project, which [is one of] firsts and bests in this field, has many prominent features,\u201d says Mr Abdulkadir Uralo\u011flu<\/a>, Turkey\u2019s minister of transport and infrastructure.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first domestically-designed vehicle body, the first bogie and the first train control and management system for mainline locomotives were implemented with this project,\u201d Uralo\u011flu says.<\/p>\n At the contract signing ceremony Uralo\u011flu also revealed that two prototype New Sakarya 160km\/h EMUs are complete, with delivery of a fleet of 56 scheduled for 2030. And that the prototype of Turkey\u2019s first domestically-built high-speed train is expected to be completed later this year.<\/p>\n For details of fleet orders across the globe, subscribe to IRJ Pro<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Turkish State Railways orders 95 electric locomotives<\/a> appeared first on International Railway Journal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TURKISH State Railways (TCDD) signed a contract with domestic manufacturer T\u00fcrasa\u015f to supply 95 electric locomotives on March 15. No delivery date was quoted and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rail-news","category-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t