1. Süleyman KARAMAN PRESIDENT OF RAME Director General of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) RAME UIC REGIONAL ASSEMBLY MIDDLE EAST CFH/SHR HIZTAS NIROO METRA MRT

2. REPORT OF MIDDLE EAST REGION

3. RAME MEMBERS TCDD (Turkish State Railways) RAI (Islamic Republic of Iran Railways) CFS (Railways of Syria) ARC (Jordan Aqaba Railways) SRO (Railways of Saudi Arabia) IRR (Railways of Iraq) CFH/SHR (Syrian Hejaz Railways) NIROO Rail Transport Co. (Iran) METRA (Iran) HIZTAŞ (Turkey) MRT (Turkey) UIC RAME

4. Length of the line (2009) UIC RAME TCDD 8 686 Km RAI 7 555 Km CFS 1 801 Km CFH 242 Km SRO 1 020 Km IRR 2 025 Km ARC 293 Km Total: 21 622 Km

5. Passenger carried 2009 (million people) UIC RAME TCDD 80 million RAI26 million CFS 3 million CFH - SRO 1,1 million IRR - ARC - Total: 110, 1 million

6. Freight carried 2009 (tonnes) UIC RAME TCDD 21 million RAI33 million CFS 9 million CFH - SRO 4 million IRR 0,4 million ARC 2 million Total: 59, 4 million

7.  Turkish State Railways (TCDD) is the Chairman of RAME.  Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) and Railways of Syria (CFS) are the deputies. UIC RAME

8. RAME Activities in 2010 RAME Regional Office, located in Tehran, began its activities. UIC World Rail Security Congress ‘Security 2010’ was held on 23-25 June in İstanbul, Turkey. Educational Seminar on Railway Safety Management System was organized on 4-5 May 2010 in Tehran, Iran. RAME Workshop on Infrastructure Maintenance – Asset Management System was held in 19-20 September in Jordan. RAME “safety correspondent group” to work on safety projects for the Middle East Region was established. Attempts for cooperation with the important and influent international organisations and decision-makers such as UNESCWA, UNESCAP, UNECE, ECO etc. were taken. UIC RAME

9. UIC Regional Assembly for Middle East has held 8 meetings so far. The 8th meeting was held on 23 November 2010 in İstanbul.

10. The main decisions taken in the 8th Meeting of RAME  Country reports were presented by the Directors General/Presidents of the member railways.  A report was presented on the activities of UIC RAME Regional Office in Tehran.  A report on 2010 activities was presented.  New activities proposed for 2011/2012 were approved.  2011 Regional Budget was approved.  RAME 2011/2012 Action Plan was accepted. Accordingly, the following activities were decided to be organized: High-Level Conference under the theme of “Towards an interconnected, competitive Rail transport System, Projects and Perspectives in the Middle-East Region " in Turkey-1st quarter of 2011, date to be confirmed by TCDD 1st International Rail Oil Conference, in Iran, 2011- date to be confirmed by Niroo Rail Co. High Speed Training Workshop in Turkey -date to be confirmed by TCDD A workshop on Logistic Centers in Syria – date to be confirmed by CFS A workshop on Infrastructure in Jordan – date to be confirmed by ARC UIC RAME

11. Projects in the Middle East Region UIC RAME

12. IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN TURKEY UIC RAME

13. After the completion of the rail projects in Turkey, the Silk Road will gain more importance and Europe, Asia, esp. the Middle East, and the Central and Far East Asia will be inter-connected by rail. Samsun-Kavqaz Kars-Tbilisi-Baku Kars-Nahcevan-Iran Marmaray Lake Van Crossing North Africa Istanbul-Kars-Tbilisi-Baku, Kurtalan-Nusaybin-Iraq, Kars-Nahcevan-Iran, Kavqaz-Samsun-Basra, Istanbul-Aleppo-Makkah and Istanbul-Aleppo-North Africa transport corridors are being developed. South East Asia Tekirdağ-Muratlı The Middle East There is a 75 billion USD transport potential between Europe and Asia. Far East Asia Kurtalan- Nusaybin- Iraq The Central and North Asia UIC RAME

15. 15 / 65 ESKİŞEHİR İNÖNÜ ESENKENT GEBZE İSTANBUL VEZİRHAN KÖSEKÖY Haydarpaşa ANKARA SİNCAN KAYAŞ POLATLI ESKISEHIR-INONU Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED LINE Length : 30 km Project Speed: 250 kph Contrator: SİGMA inşaat Signing of Contr.: 24.03.2006 Start of Works: 03.04.2006 Underpasses: 4 Overpasses: 2 Project Cost: 104 Million TL Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line

16. 16 / 65 ESKİŞEHİR İNÖNÜ ESENKENT GEBZE İSTANBUL VEZİRHAN KÖSEKÖY Haydarpaşa ANKARA SİNCAN KAYAŞ POLATLI INONU-VEZIRHAN Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED LINE Length : 54 km Project Speed: 250 kph Contractor: CRCC-CENGİZ İnşaat Tunnels: 18 (28,7 km) Viaducts & Bridges: 13 (5,8 km) U&O-Passes : 11 Project Cost: 842 Million TL (610 Million USD) Existing Conv.line LineHigh Speed Line Works started on 22.09.2008.

17. 17 / 65 ESKİŞEHİR İNÖNÜ ESENKENT GEBZE İSTANBUL Haydarpaşa ANKARA SİNCAN KAYAŞ POLATLI VEZIRHAN-KOSEKOY Exist. Conv. Line High Speed Line Length: 104 km Project Speed: 250 kph Contractor: CRCC-CENGİZ İnşaat Tunnels : 15 (26,1 km) Viaducts: 18 (8,7 km) Bridges: 15 Overpasses : 10 Underpasses: 25 Project Cost: 911 Million TL (660 Million USD) Works started on 21.10.2008. VEZİRHAN KÖSEKÖY Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED LINE

18. 18 / 65 ESKİŞEHİR İNÖNÜ ESENKENT GEBZE İSTANBUL VEZİRHAN KÖSEKÖY Haydarpaşa ANKARA SİNCAN KAYAŞ POLATLI KOSEKOY-GEBZE Length: 56 km Project Speed: 160 kph Existing conventional line will be re-constructed as high speed line. Underpass: 1 Culverts: 28 Project Cost: 377 Million TL  Works tender will be conducted by EU Delegation to Turkey.  Project will be financed by 85% IPA fund, 15% EIB loan.  It will be tendered on 23.11.2010. Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED LINE

19. 19 / 65 ESKİŞEHİR İNÖNÜ ESENKENT GEBZE İSTANBUL VEZİRHAN KÖSEKÖY Haydarpaşa ANKARA SİNCAN KAYAŞ POLATLI GEBZE-H.PASA Length : 44 km Within the scope of MARMARAY Project, existing conventional double track will be completely dismantled and triple track having metro standards will be constructed. SÖĞÜTLÜÇEŞME GEBZE Üsküdar SİRKECİ Existing Conv. Line High Speed Line ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED LINE

20. A dream of 145 years MARMARAY PROJECT This Project is one of the biggest projects in the World, which connects European and Asian continents. The project consist of 3 Phase BC1: Tube tunnel crossing with approaching tunnels (total 11 km) CR1: Construction of new triple line between Halkalı and Gebze CR2: Procurement of Rolling Stocks This Project is one of the biggest projects in the World, which connects European and Asian continents. The project consist of 3 Phase BC1: Tube tunnel crossing with approaching tunnels (total 11 km) CR1: Construction of new triple line between Halkalı and Gebze CR2: Procurement of Rolling Stocks

21. Length : 212 km Operating Speed: 250 kph Journey Times: Ankara - Konya 1 h15 min. Istanbul - Konya 3 h 30 min. Project Cost :1 billion 128 million TL (including 6 sets) PROJECT FEATURES This line will be launched by the end of 2010. IMPORTANT PROJECTS ANKARA-KONYA HIGH SPEED TRAIN PROJECT ANKARA KONYA POLATLI 212 Km MoT

22. PROJECT FEATURES Length: 466 km Operating Speed: 250 kph Journey Time: Ankara - Sivasapprox. 2,5 h Project Cost :2 billion 91 million TL 2009 : Works started on 13 th March, 2009. 2010 : Construction works are going on Yerkoy-Sivas section (292 km). IMPORTANT PROJECTS ANKARA-SIVAS HIGH SPEED TRAIN PROJECT ANKARA KIRIKKALE YOZGAT SİVAS 466 Km MoT

23. 2010 : Tender process is going on. PROJECT FEATURES Length : 124 km (Bursa-Bilecik) Operating Speed: 250 km/saat Journey Time: Ankara - Bursaapprox. 2 h Project Cost:851 million TL IMPORTANT PROJECTS ANKARA-BURSA HIGH SPEED TRAIN PROJECT ANKARA ESKİŞEHİR BURSA BİLECİK 455 Km MoT

24. TO BE TENDERED UNDER BOTH SCHEMES. IMPORTANT PROJECTS ANKARA HIGH SPEED TRAIN STATION

25. IMPORTANT PROJECTS KAVKAZ-SAMSUN FERRY-BOAT The Project includes berth renovations, ferry terminal ramp, wide-gauge track lines (1520 mm), loading/unloading and storage areas, bogie change station, ferry operation facilities. The Project is planned to be completed by the end of 2010. MoT ROMANIA RUSSIA TURKEY

26. VAN GÖLÜ FERİBOT TEMİNİ TATVAN VAN SUNUM İÇERİĞİ LAKE VAN CROSSING IMPORTANT PROJECTS PROCUREMENT OF FERRIES FOR LAKE VAN CROSSING MoT Procurement of two rail ferries and constructing of additional facilities were tendered. Ferries, each with a capacity of 50 wagons, will be used for Lake Van Crossing. Total project cost is 116 million TL. Ferries will be delivered between 2011-2012.

27. -The agreements on the development of the technical, rolling-stocks and freight transportation were signed between Turkey and Iraq within the scope of High Level Strategic Cooperation Council. (15 October 2009), -The third railway border gate between Turkey and Syria, Çobanbey was opened in December 2009 and the runs of Aleppo-Mersin and Aleppo- Gaziantep passenger trains were launched in 2010. -The runs of the freight train from our country to Mosul and Bagdad were launched in this year. -The Cooperation Agreement on the potential opportunities in railway between Turkey and neighboring countries (Middle East and Central Asia) was concluded between TCDD and FS (Italian Railways). (11 November 2010), -The agreement on the organization of the international combined transportation by rail ferry over Port of Samsun (Turkish Republic) and Port of Kavkaz (Russian Federation) was signed between the Government of Turkish Republic and The Government of Russian Federation. (12 May 2010), -The Memorandum of Understanding on railway cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Turkish Republic and the Ministry of Railways of People’s Republic of China (08 October 2010) MoT THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

28. Kapıkule Kırklareli Uzunköprü Pehlivanköy Arifiye Adapazarı Bandırma Balıkesir Manisa Denizli MALATYA Eskişehir Alayunt Kütahya Tavşanlı Fevzi paşa Konya Karaman Ulukışla Kayseri Muş Tatvan Van Kapıköy Yolçatı Diyarbakır Kurtalan Gaziantep Mardin Nusaybin Narlı K.maraş Mersin Yenice Çankırı Samsun Çarşamba Gelemen Amasya Hanlı Bostan kaya Çetinkaya Kars Erzurum Irmak Van Gölü Ortaklar Söke Tire Ödemiş Sütlaç Burdur Isparta Karakuyu Eğirdir Menemen Torbalı İskenderun Aydın Turhal Uşak Horasan Divriği ADANA SİVAS Zonguldak ANKARA İZMİR Erzincan Sincan Yozgat Yerköy Yıldızeli AFYON Polatlı Bursa Çobanbey Karkamış Osmaniye Kömürler Antalya Palu Bingöl Güllük İSTANBUL Çerkezköy Tekirdağ H.Paşa Rota Havza Niğde İzmit Derince Halep Batum Kerkük Musul BULGARİSTAN YUNANİSTAN GÜRCİSTAN ERMENİSTAN NAHÇİVAN İRAN IRAK SURİYE Çandarlı Manavgat Alanya Zonguldak Ereğli Bartın Karasu Çıldır Aralık Cizre Trabzon 28 Existing Conventional Lines: 11.008 km High Speed Lines : 10.546 km Conventional Lines: 3.985 km TOTAL: 25.539 km To have a 25.539 km long railway network by constructing new 14.531km long rail lines until 2023. Bilecik Gümüşhane ELAZIĞ TARGET 2023 MoT : NEW CONVENTIONAL LINEES : EXISTING CONVENTIONAL LINES : PORTS : HIGH SPEED LINES BLACK SEA THE AGEAN SEA THE MEDITERRANEAN

29. IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN IRAN UIC RAME

30.  Electrifying Tehran-Masshad Route  Studying on Electrifying Tehran-Qom-Isfahan Route and making the route High-Speed  Start to Execute electrification Operation of Tabriz-Azarshahr Route  Cooperation Activities: Concluding four-lateral statement between Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan  Signing an MOU between the Transport Ministers of Iran & China  Kerman – Zahedan line was opened. Through this line, Turkey sent 14 aid trains for the Pakistani people who suffered from the flood. UIC RAME

31.  Construction of Qazvin-Rasht-Anzali-Astara; 375 km (A missing link in North-South corridor that may decrease the length of the route from Finland to India)

32. UIC RAME  Construction of Sangan – Herat railway line : Sangan – Herat railway with the length of 210 km for connecting the network of Iran to Afghanistan is among the projects under process. Through this rail line, the transportation of freight via Iran and the countries in the Central Asia (most ECO states as well) to Afghanistan will be realized.

33. IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN SYRIA UIC RAME

34. Railway Map of Syria

35.  construction of new lines of the following international routes: Damascus – Dera – border of Lebanon (120 km): this line connects Turkey to Jordan and the Persian Gulf countries via Syria, which will be completed in 2012. Deir Ez-Zor – Abu Kamal – border of Iraq (145 km): this line will connect the rail network of Syria to the network of Iraq. (This project will be completed in 2010.)  developing and modernizing the following international routes: Aleppo – Maydan Ikbis – border of Turkey (117 km): this route connects the rail network of Turkey to Syria at the route the goes towards Iraq and Jordan (in 2011). Aleppo – Muslimiya – Al Rai – border of Turkey (51 km): this is on the condition that the previous project is completed. Al Qamishi – El Yarobieh (via border of Turkey – border of Iraq) – (82 km). Akary – border of Syria and Lebanon (Tripoli in Lebanon). UIC RAME

36.  rebuilding and modernizing the rail line on the following routes: · Hous – Akary – Tartus; · Hous – Maheen – Al Sherkieh (202 km).  constructing new lines to complete the existing rail network on the following routes: · Deir Ez-Zor – Palmira – Al Sherkieh (295 km); · Al doir – Al Sherkieh (via Abu Shamat); · Aleppo – Al Hasakeh (via Ar`Raqqa, without passing through Deir Ez-Zor). UIC RAME

37. IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN SAUDI ARABIA UIC RAME

38. Railway Map of Saudi Arabia

39. UIC RAME  Construction of 100 km of new line from Dammam to the industrial complex of Jubail. The feasibility studies on this route are still under way.  The railway of North – South (passenger & freight) with 1765 km of length; for rail connection with the other member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.  Construction of new lines from east to west between Riyadh and Jeddah (915 km) and a direct line from Riyadh to Jubail and the northeastern Phosphate reservoirs (115 km)

40.  Launching the high speed train till 2015, the length of which is 320 km connecting Mecca, Jeddah, the new economic town of Malak Abdullah and Medina. This project also links the said cities with the international airport of Jeddah.  By this project, fast and safe transportation of the pilgrims to the sacred cities of Saudi Arabia is realized. This project, furthermore, will contribute in increasing the efficiency of the public transportation towards the commercial centers. UIC RAME

41. IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN JORDAN UIC RAME

42.  Jordan intends to commence construction of 1600 km of rail line till the next year, which will pass through the Syrian border and Amman will go toward the port of Aqaba in the Red Sea with some branches to the borders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia as well.  The said project is supposed to be completed in 2013, will cost 4.5 million Dinar (US$ 6.4 b). UIC RAME

43. Süleyman KARAMAN Chairman of RAME Thank you for your attention…