Advance Procurement Notice: Istanbul North Rail Crossing Project

Confidential Advance Procurement Notice

Turkiye: Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification under

the Istanbul North Rail Crossing (INRAIL) Project

Purpose: To inform the bidder community of the upcoming large Procurement of Design and Construction

of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification that will be tendered shortly under the Istanbul North Rail Crossing Project.

Country: Türkiye

Borrower: Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Treasury and Finance

Project: İstanbul North Rail Crossing Project (INRAIL - P509952)

Implementing Agency/ Employer: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of

Infrastructure Investments

Title of the Upcoming Procurement: Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works

including Electrification under the INRAIL Project

Brief Description of INRAIL Project:

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments, Türkiye, has received financing from the World Bank through Ministry of Treasury and Finance towards the cost of the INRAIL Project. It is expected that the Project will be jointly co -financed by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Islamic Development Bank, and the OPEC Fund for International Development. The Project will finance the construction of a 127 km greenfield railway line designed to bypass the Istanbul Metropolitan Area and establish a high -capacity overland link across the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus). The line will be double - tracked, electrified, fully signalized, and mixed-use, capable of carrying both passengers and freight, with a maximum freight carrying capacity of 50 million tons per year. The proposed railway line will originate at Çayırova station on the Asian side and terminate at Ç atalca station on the European side, crossing the Istanbul Strait by utilizing the existing track space allocated on the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (YSS Bridge), also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge, located at the northern end of the Istanbul Strait. Brief Description of the upcoming Procurement of Design and Construction of Infrastructure & Superstructure Works including Electrification, subdivided into four Lots: The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Infrastructure Investments intends to …

Member: Türkiye

Sector: Transport

Notice type: Advance Procurement Notice

Issue date: April 30, 2026