Ineco, in consortium with the Turkish company UBM and the consultancy Mott McDonald, is supervising works to modernise the railway line between Samsun and Kalin. The line is one of six routes selected in Turkey to improve connections between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
The work includes monitoring and controlling the modernisation of the line’s infrastructure, superstructure and safety installations. Among other tasks, the work will include the rehabilitating and improving the platform, renovating the track, rehabilitating tunnels, rebuilding and restoring bridges, optimising track diagrams, enlarging stations and installing new train protection (ERTMS Level 1), signalling, telecommunications and centralised traffic monitoring systems.
Technical information
Description of the work to be carried out by Ineco
The modernisation and rehabilitation work will be carried out on the 377.8 km of the Samsun–Kalin line, including 29 stations and the Samsun–Gelemen branch, measuring approximately 10.2 km in length.
Ineco is responsible for supervising the execution of works on signalling, communications and energy supply and for coordinating the electrical and mechanical installations team.
Systems worth highlighting among those being installed on the line are the ERTMS Level 1 train protection system, electronic signalling points, level crossing protection systems, centralised traffic control, a fibre-optic telecommunications network, hot box detectors, passenger information systems, alarm and anti-intruder systems and an energy supply network for the installations.
