Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu and Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank at TÜVASAŞ facilities, domestic and National started the factory tests of the first domestic electric train whose design and production was completed with resources.
According to a statement from the Ministry, Turkey’s first local and national electrical train The design and production process of the set was completed. On 29 June, Monday, the train will be on the tracks and test drives will start in Sakarya-TUVASAŞ.
REACHES 176 KM PER HOUR
The operating speed of the sets is 160 kilometers per hour and the design speed is 176 kilometers per hour. The produced vehicles are made of aluminum extrusion profiles designed to withstand the loads, impacts and collisions that may occur during operation.
In addition, ergonomic passenger seats were used in the sets. The total seat capacity of each set of 5 vehicles is 324, of which two are reserved for disabled passengers.
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MINISTER VARANK: TESTING STARTED
Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank “(National electric train) Our train has been on the rails at the end of May, factory tests are being started as of today. After the factory tests, road tests will be started at the end of August. We aim to make our country a global player in this sector, which is expected to grow. We will spend 15 billion Euros in rail systems in the next 10 years.coronavirus) With the epidemic, we also saw this; Whenever we want, we can do what nobody can do with a spirit of mobilization that is unmatched in the world, we can achieve what it does not. Intensive care breathing apparatus is one of them. Projects that inspire and excite us in the fields of diagnostic kits, vaccines and medicines continue. We have factories that opened even during the epidemic period, and we have entrepreneurs who bravely pursue new businesses. “
MINISTER KARAİSMAİLOĞLU: WE WILL START PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN A SHORT TIME
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Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu “(National electric trains) end of this year will be downloaded to the rails and will begin shortly in passenger transport by Allah’s leave. In the Railway Technology are committed to maintaining our The development in the production of our domestic and national instruments. Our aim is Turkey’s rail vehicle production in major centers The production of the prototype set, which was completed, was 60 percent locally, and the rate of the prototype set was 20 percent cheaper than similar products supplied from abroad. Our country can now produce high-speed trains and high-speed trains. the situation has become. there is no need to provide to Turkey from abroad means in the near future. ” said.
We are on the verge of one of the turning points in our railway history.
We begin the factory tests of our National Electric Train, the production of which is completed.
I hope we will put it on the rails on our Victory Day. pic.twitter.com/ChTgQrF1e3– Adil Karaismailoğlu (@akaraismailoglu) June 29, 2020
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