Border route upgrading

摘要

Turkey's transport ministry has awarded a contract to modernise a 200 km section of the Istanbul - Bulgaria main line to a consortium of Gulermak Agir Sa-nayii ve Taah and Alsim Alarko Sanayi Tes ve Tic, which submitted the lowest of six bids at €489m.The project includes replacing the line between Cerkezkoy and Kapikule by a new double-track alignment suitable for 200 km/h, 25 kV 50 Hz electrification and the installation of ETCS Level 1. Cerkezkoy and Kapikule stations are to be remodelled, and the border station at Edirne enhanced. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2019.