Delivering a statement about the national E1000 Type Electric Locomotive Project, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Fikri Işık stated that Turkey’s State Railways (TCDD) has developed a one-megawatt-power electric locomotive to meet its shunting and short-haul load-carrying needs and that it will be fully operational in November.

Minister Işık also stated that after a certain while, Turkey will become one of the leading countries of the world in terms of rail systems.

“We are planning to put 70 shunting locomotives and 110 high-speed trains on tracks by 2023. We have produced a prototype of an electric locomotive and managed its test drive successfully,” he added.