{"id":293034,"date":"2025-12-01T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/293034\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:06:09","slug":"british-steel-awarded-35-million-high-speed-rail-contract-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/293034\/","title":{"rendered":"British Steel Awarded \u00a335 Million High-Speed Rail Contract in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Steel has been awarded a major contract for Turkey\u2019s high-speed rail network, as announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>The contract will see British Steel supply 35 million GBP worth of rail products for the project connecting Mersin with Adana, Osmaniye &amp; Gaziantep, and is in addition to a similarly-sized agreement the company announced last year.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15395463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/British-Steel-Awarded-35-Million-High-Speed-Rail-Contract-in-Turkey-1.png\" alt=\"The British Steel logo overlaid on top of rail tracks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>British Steel will supply \u00a335 million worth of rail products for the line\u2019s construction<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Canva\/British Steel<\/p>\n<p>Forming part of over 400 million GBP worth of export deals; the contract was announced ahead of the G20 summit in Johannesberg, where the Prime Minister met with a number of Indo-Pacific and African leaders to advocate for the UK\u2019s access to growing international markets.<\/p>\n<p>British Steel\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer Lisa Coulson said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__quote-text\">We are proud to have already delivered \u00a330m of our rail products into high-speed projects to help decarbonise travel in T\u00fcrkiye and are delighted to be building upon this with a new supply agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__quote-text\">Securing these prestigious contracts \u2013 with the support of UK Export Finance \u2013 was a major achievement and underlines British Steel\u2019s ability to build the sustainable track systems of the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__quote-text\">We\u2019re extremely grateful for the UK government\u2019s support and are confident our partnership with the operators of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s rail infrastructure will shortly secure additional orders and create new jobs in Scunthorpe.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst in Johannesburg; the Prime Minister also visited a train depot to announce a new agreement between the UK and South Africa to provide aid in the reformation of South Africa\u2019s rail system.<\/p>\n<p>Crossrail International will provide both strategic advice and consultancy services in order to drive private investment into South African railways and aim to maximise social, economic and environmental benefits, as well as support opportunities for British companies across the country\u2019s rail sector.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the UK and Vietnam have announced a new partnership to drive digital transformation across Vietnam\u2019s rail sector. 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