Turkey, national electric train

Turkey presents its first domestically produced electric train

The Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey, Mustafa Varank, has publicly presented the first domestically manufactured electric train, capable of reaching 176 km/h and which, after completing the development and testing phase, has already entered the production phase and will enter in service in a few months. The objective of the Turkish government now is to develop its own technology for high-speed trains that will exceed 225 km/h.