Turkish Railway System

Prof.Dr.Mustafa KARAŞAHİN

Ministry of Transport

Land Transport Directory

Railway, Harbour and Airport

Construction Directory (DLH)

TCDD

TULOMSAŞ TUÜVASAŞ

TÜDEMSAŞ

TCDD• Goverment owned company and has a board• Monopoly in rail passenger and freight transport• Approximately 38.000 workers• Responsible for line maintenance, renewal, traffic control.• Although its mission to operate trains on raillway lines, it also builds

new lines such as Ankara- Istanbul, Ankara- Konya and Ankara- Sivas high speed lines.

• Three dependent companies: TULOMSAŞ (locomotive freight wagon factory), TUVASAŞ (passenger coach factory), TÜDEMSAŞ (Freight wagon factory)

• 11.000 km line length, of which 21% electrified, 27% signalled and mainly single lines.

• No railway law in Turkey. General director or the board publish the regulations when needed.

DLH

• Directly dependent on the Ministry and its budget from the general budget.

• Projects and Builds new railway, harbour and airports projects. Also major rehabilitation projects including railway lines.

• About 800 workers• After building a new railway line, TCDD takes

over the line to operate the trains.

Land Transport Directory

• Regulates both road rail transport on the paper.

• Active on road transport, but inactive in railway sector.

• About 400 workers

Proposed Model by TCDDMinistry of Transport

TCDD

DETAŞ

TULOMSAŞ

TUVASAŞ

TUDEMSAŞ

Railway Safety

Authority

Railway Competition Regulatory Authority

Railway Accident Research and Investigation

Board

New TCDD• construct the conventional and high-speed railways based on the

government commissioning, or have them constructed. • renovate, rehabilitate, maintain and repair the railways infrastructure, or

have such works carried out. • regulate and manage the railway traffic, and operate the traffic-related

areas of railway infrastructure as a monopoly. • operate or to have operated the parts of stations, terminals, loading and

unloading centers and similar facilities that are not related to railway traffic, on the condition that it does not act as a monopoly,

• as the infrastructure manager, allocate the railway infrastructure to railway operators and set and collect the fees,

• install, improve and operate the cable and wireless communication network as limited to its own needs.

• perform the duties specified in its articles of association.

New DETAŞ• perform cargo, passenger and combined transportation

activities on railways according to commercial principles, • perform or procure other services that complement cargo,

passenger and combined transportation activities,• perform or procure loading, unloading, storage and other

logistic services,• purchase, maintain and repair locomotives and wagons and

other vehicles, or procure such services,• install, improve and operate the cable and wireless

communication network as limited to its own needs. • perform the duties specified in its articles of association

Railway Safety Authority

• establish and supervise the general organization regulating railway safety, and issue licenses and related safety certificates to railway undertakings and infrastructure managers.

Railway Competition Regulatory Authority

regulate and supervise liberal, transparent and non-discriminatory access to railway market and to settle the disputes between the railway undertakings and infrastructure managers.

Railway Accident Investigation and Research Board

• Board shall be established as independent from railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, for the purpose of researching and investigating accidents and raising safety recommendations as necessary.

Questions• Is the structure acceptable by EU?• Is there any forgotten board or authority in the law?• Is there any confusion in the law?• Is it clear enough to understand the structure of the

law?• Do you think the law is going to open enough the

infrastructure to private companies?• Would there be any competion between companies?• Is there any possible solution better than this model?• What are the possible bottlenecks in the model?