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Türkiye has earmarked more than 261.5 billion Turkish liras for railway investments under the 2026 Investment Program, covering 91 projects launched since 2016, according to data compiled from the program.
A total of 508.16 billion liras was allocated to the transportation and communications sector, with railway projects accounting for 261.58 billion liras of that amount.
Under the plan, Turkish State Railways will implement 54 projects, TCDD Transport will carry out 15 projects, and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will oversee 22 projects.
Some of the ongoing investments are expected to be completed by 2026, while others are scheduled for completion by 2032.
For this year, TCDD Transport is set to use a total of 38 billion liras, including 24.27 billion liras for ongoing projects and 13.73 billion liras for new ones.
Projects launched in 2016 and later, such as the procurement of diesel-electric mainline locomotives and domestically produced electric train sets, are planned to be completed by 2028.
TCDD General Directorate was allocated 111.58 billion liras to continue construction on major projects, including the Cerkezkoy–Kapikule, Adana–Osmaniye–Gaziantep, Sivas–Erzincan, Konya–Karaman–Nigde–Mersin–Adana and Ankara–Izmir high-speed rail lines, as well as the Development Road project and multiple organized industrial zone connection lines.
The Investment Program also set aside 112 billion liras for railway projects carried out by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
With this funding, feasibility studies for connection lines in 59 provinces, upgrades to the Gebze–Haydarpasa and Sirkeci–Halkali suburban lines, and major projects such as the Gebze–Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge–Istanbul Airport–Catalca and Yerkoy–Kayseri high-standard railway lines are planned to be implemented.
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