TCDD's 10 Set High Speed ​​Train Tender Siemens

TCDD's 10 High Speed ​​Train Acquisition Tender was made with the credit obtained from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) with the participation of international companies active in this field. The tender with the bargaining method was awarded by the Spanish CAF company with the lowest bid 3 Euro in the tender held by the 273.257.433 international group of companies. This was followed by German Siemens AG-Siemens AS with 349.345.401,91 Euro. The final company was French Alstom and its offer had been approximately 362 million Euros.

Siemens has been invited by the General Directorate of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) to offer 312 new high-speed train tender for the 10 new high-speed train tender.

It was stated by the TCDD tender commission that the most suitable offer was given by Siemens with 349 million Euros. The commission decision was approved by the Islamic Development Bank, which will provide 312 million Euros of financial support for train sets.

After this approval, TCDD General Directorate invited Siemens to contract. High speed train sets are expected to be delivered 15 months after the contract is signed. Commercial flights with the sets are also expected to start within 2 years.

7 very high-speed train sets ordered to the German Siemens AG-Siemens AŞ company were put into service in 2016. In the very high speed train sets, a total of 45 passengers capacity, including 4 first class, 3 business class compartments (12 seats), 424 of them each with a capacity of 36 passengers, 2 economy class, 519 seating capacity restaurants, XNUMX wheelchair locations. It features.