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Palu - Genç - Muş Railway

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    FACTS & FIGURES
    Client:

    General Directorate of Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
    Contractor:

    Cengiz-Özaltın-Samsung & Özaltın-Mön Joint Venture
    Location:

    Palu-Genç-Muş Section, TÜRKİYE
    Length of Railway:

    114 km
    Number of Tunnels:

    49
    Total Length of Tunnels:

    27,465 m 
    Number of Cut- Cover Tunnels:

    112 (12,467 m)
    Number of Bridges and Viaducts:

    33
    Total Excavation Volume:

    23,944,254 m3
    Total Excavation-Fill Volume:

    25,924,833 m3

    The 114-kilometer Railway links Palu, Genç Districts and Muş Province that located in eastern part of Türkiye. The tender of the project was held in 2011 and the construction work started in the same year. Within the project’s scope, 25,924,833 m3 earthworks, 112 cut-cover tunnels with a total length of 12,467 meters, 49 tunnels spanning 27,465 meters, and 33 viaducts were constructed. The project was completed and inaugurated in 2018.