Railway Reform In South East Europe and Turkey Can Boost Growth And Cut Delivery Time In Half
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Train transit times between Ljubljana and Istanbul can be reduced by half – a staggering 25 hours – if much-needed reforms in the rail sector are made, according to the new World Bank report, Railway Reform in South East Europe and Turkey: On the Right Track?, released today in Brussels. “A test run of the Bosphorus Europe Express train in 2009 showed that a container train from Ljubljana, Slovenia can reach Istanbul, Turkey in 35 hours, but in practice often takes over 60 ...