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New railway to be built in central Turkey

Türkiye Materials 6 September 2019 17:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 6

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

A new railway will be built in Turkey's Kayseri province, Trend reports referring to the country's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

The ministry noted that a tender will be held in the near future for the construction of the new railway, in which foreign companies will also be able to participate.

The total length of the railway will be 5.5 kilometers. The project cost is 96.7 million Turkish liras.

The total length of railways in Kayseri province is currently 37 kilometers, according to the ministry.

The total funding for the implementation of transport and infrastructure projects in Turkey allocated to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will amount to 62.275 billion liras in 2020-2021.

Some 31.183 billion liras will be allocated for the implementation of projects in 2020, which is 3.413 billion more compared to financing for 2019, and 31.092 billion liras will be allocated for the implementation of projects in 2021.

(1 USD = 5.6848 TL on Sept. 6)

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