TCDD Taşımacılık
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| Government-owned (100%) | |
| Industry | Railway transport, logistics |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
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Key people
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Veysi Kurt (Chairman) |
| Revenue |
 2 billion  (2015)
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1.26 billion (2014)
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−1.5 billion (2015)
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| Owner | Republic of Turkey |
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Number of employees
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 29,829 (2014)
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| Parent | TCDD |
| Website | TCDD Taşımacılık |
TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. is a government-owned company formed to operate passenger and freight trains throughout Turkey, using infrastructure owned by the Turkish State Railways. The company was formed in 2016 as part of the restructuring of the Turkish railways. The company is headuqarted in Ankara and Veysi Kurt is the first and current CEO.
The Turkish State Railways operate passenger services on 90% of their system. These are intercity, regional, commuter and international services. In the railways first year 52% of passenger travel in Turkey was by rail, despite the system lacking connections to many parts of the country. Rail transport was the main mode of transport for passengers in the following two decades, reaching an all-time high of 57% of passenger transport in 1947, but then started to decline after 1950, due to the mass construction of roads. Today, the passenger ratio is slowly increasing with the opening of high-speed rail lines in Turkey.
In 2013, almost 21 million of people traveled by train in Turkey. 16.7 million on main lines, 4.2 million on high speed lines (25% increase compared to 2012). The share of railway in domestic travels is about 2.2%.
The types of passenger service are:
High-speed rail in Turkey began service in 2009. TCDD has branded its high-speed service as Yüksek Hızlı Tren or YHT. YHT currently operates on two lines: the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway and the Ankara–Konya high-speed railway.
On 13 March 2009, the first phase of the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway entered service between Ankara and Eskişehir. The YHT service between Ankara and the Pendik railway station in Istanbul's Asian side began on 27 July 2014. The train has 6 daily departures in both directions. On 23 August 2011, the YHT service on the Ankara–Konya high-speed railway was inaugurated.
The rolling stock used for the YHT service are the Spanish-built HT65000 and German-built HT80000 EMUs. These trains operate at speeds of 120 km/h within urban areas, but can reach speeds of up to 250 km/h (HT65000) or 300 km/h (HT80000) on the dedicated high-speed lines outside urban areas. The HT65000 EMUs have 6 permanently coupled cars, with 4 economy class cars, 1 café car and 1 business class car. Economy class has 2+2 seating with power outlets, fold-able tables and private radio. There is a lavatory at one end of the car. The business class car has 2+1 seating, with power outlets, greater leg room, private radio, fold-able tables and steward service as well as LCD TVs in front of every seat.
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