turkish railway system prof
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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?