Türkiye is close to securing nearly $6 billion (TL 256.89 billion) in financing, led by the World Bank and other lenders, for the long-anticipated freight rail line that will allow cargo trains to cross the Bosporus via Istanbul's third bridge, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said on Tuesday.
The planned 120-kilometer (75-mile) railway will run from Halkalı on Istanbul's European side to Gebze in the industrial Izmit region on the Asian side, enabling unin
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