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Ministry of Transport The Republic of TURKEY Since 1856

Community Agencies: Partners in Accession TA Experiences of Turkish Railways

Tevfik Muhammed YEŞİLÇAM Research, Planning & Coordination Department Turkish State Railways – TCDD

Lisbon, 25-27 November 2009

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BRIEF HISTORY OF RAILWAYS

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152 nd anniversary of railways in Turkey 1856 : First Railway Construction (IZMIR-AYDIN) 1924 : Railways Nationalized. Directorate General of Anatolia-Baghdad (4.000km.) 1927 : Ports affiliated to Railways. Directorate General of Ports and Railways (5.500 km.) 1984 : Transformed into State Economic Organization 2005 : Restructuring of TCDD with EU and WB funds 2

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CURRENT SITUATION of TCDD

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 A State Economic Organization related to Ministry of Transport (MoT)  Tasks:  Construct, repair, enhance, renew and operate the infrastructure of both railways and ports granted to itself by the Government  Carry out all kinds of complementary activities regarding rail transport ( maritime and land transport including ferry operations)  Manufacture rolling stocks and similar vehicles  Operate Passenger and Freight Trains on its Infrastructure 3

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NEED FOR RE-STRUCTURING

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 There is no separation between management of infrastructure and rail transport services in TCDD  There is no regulatory authority for railway sector  In order to improve financial and operational performance of railways, re-structuring process has been started  An action plan for the period of 2003-2008 was approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Turkey in 2003 4

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RE-STRUCTURING PROJECT

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 In line with the action plan, Turkish Rail Sector Re-Structuring and Strengthening” Project co-funded by EU has been initiated in order to establish the legislative and institutional framework of Turkish Rail Sector in accordance with the EU legislation Two components:  Organisation of the Railway Sector (Twinning)  Technical Assistance (TA) in the Re-Structuring and Strengthening of the Turkish Rail Sector Including the Provision of Financial Management Information System together with the Necessary IT Platform 5

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TA PROJECT

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 Detailed studies regarding new TCDD organization including business units and sub sectors to be set up conducted  Financial Management Information System developed  Public Service Contracts defining public service obligations drafted  A great number of trainings delivered to related managers and staff 6

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TWINNING PROJECT

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“Organisation of the Railway Sector – Twinning Project”

 A law package consisting of two laws and four complementary implementing regulations has been drafted   General Railway Law TCDD Law     Railway Safety Licensing Interoperability Access to Railway Infrastructure 7

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DRAFT LAW PACKAGE

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 The draft laws has been sent to The Ministry of Transport  Technical studies on the draft laws are going on by MoT in cooperation with relevant public institutions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)  They are expected to come into force in 2010 8

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NEW CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT

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 After entering into force of the draft laws, some organisational and institutional changes will have to be made  There must be some preparations regarding implementation of the provisions imposed by laws  In scope of the 1 st component of IPA,

“Reform of Turkish Railways”

Project has been prepared by TCDD 9

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REFORM OF TURKISH RAILWAYS PROJECT

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 The overall objective:  To establish framework conditions for restructuring and reforming the rail sector for competition, including systems for infrastructure allocation, charging, safety and interoperability at TCDD  Components:  Setting a strategy for establishing framework conditions in order to realize railway reform in line with the draft Law Package  Strengthening capacity on infrastructure allocation and charging of Infrastructure Manager at re-organised TCDD  Strengthening capacity on safety and interoperability of Infrastructure Manager and Railway Undertaking(s) at re-organised TCDD 10

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REFORM OF TURKISH RAILWAYS PROJECT

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 Two main beneficiaries: MoT and TCDD  Estimated cost: € 3.600.000

 To be financed by EU  Tendering process started by the CFCU  Expected to be launched in the 1st half of 2010  Planned to be finished in 24 months 11

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B L A C K S E A

Kapıkule Bandırma İZMİR Samsun İzmit Eskişehir AFYON ANKARA SİVAS Divriği

Konya

Mersin ADANA İskenderun MALATYA Main lines: Electrified Lines: Signaled Lines: Total: 8699 km 2282 km (21%) 3029 km (28%) 11005 km Kars Lake Van Tatvan Van NON-ELECTRIFIED & NON-SIGNALLED LINES SIGNALLED ONLY LINES 12

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TA FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

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 There are lots of rail infrastructure projects such as signalization, electrification, construction of high speed lines etc.

 Several projects planned to be partly funded by IPA-III in Transport OP  Documents including major project application form, tender dossier, CBA and feasibility study needed  TA projects, financed by SEI “Support To European Integration” source, for elaboration of the documents underway 13

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LESSONS LEARNED

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 Time schedule of the project should be convenient to the activities of the project  Project implementation staff should not be overloaded  Official language of the projects is usually English, but all reports and deliverables should be delivered in native language together with English versions  Personnel who will be in charge of sustainability of outputs of the project should be dedicated 14

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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