Turkish Railway System

Prof.Dr.Mustafa KARAAHN
Ministry of Transport
Land Transport
Directory
Railway, Harbour
and Airport
Construction
Directory (DLH)
TCDD
TULOMSA TUVASA
TDEMSA
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: TULOMSA (locomotive freight wagon
factory), TUVASA (passenger coach factory), TDEMSA (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 TCDD
Ministry of Transport
TCDD
DETA
TULOMSA
TUVASA
TUDEMSA
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 DETA
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?