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Slovenia to Turkey by train down from 60 to 37 hours

Mon, Mar 30 2009 16:20 CET byPetar Kostadinov 1714 Views
Slovenia to Turkey by train down from 60 to 37 hours

Photo: Krassimir Youskeseliev

As of March 16 2009 the train journey between Slovenia's Ljubljana, and Turkey's Istanbul takes just 37 hours, as opposed to the previous 60 hours, Deutsche Bahn AG said in a media statement.

The state railways of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey are all involved in this important project, supported by members of the Deutsche Bahn Group in their capacity as consultants and moderators.

The shortened time has been achieved thanks to closer co-operation between five national railways and streamlined customs clearance procedures as well as by deploying a double-headed train with one multi-system and one diesel locomotive from MRCE Dispolok. This eliminates the need for a time-consuming change of locomotives on non-electrified sections of the route.

The overall line is 1577 kilometres long and crosses two different rail systems, as well as non-electrified and single-track sections.

Further construction measures and improved operational procedures will reduce the journey time to 25 hours by 2014, making the train twice as fast as a truck, which takes up to 57 hours to travel from Slovenia to Turkey.

The rail project was initiated and supported by the Business Advisory Council, the successor organisation to the Balkan Stability Pact that was recently transformed into the Regional Co-operation Council.

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