Carries Life
Erciyas Rail is a Turkish rolling stock manufacturer that designs and builds freight wagons, Y25 freight wagon bogies and aluminium and steel passenger carbodies. Founded in 2003 as RC Engineering, it has been part of Erciyas Holding since 2016 and has operated as Erciyas Rail since 2023. Its two plants in Hendek (Sakarya) and Sivas cover 40,000 m².
Aluminium carbody production line, accredited R&D centre and high-quality aluminium fabrication.
Freight wagon production line, heavy steel fabrication, maintenance and overhaul. Close to eastern rail hubs.
Erciyas Rail's R&D Centre was established in 2018 with the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and is based at the Hendek plant. Its work includes the spiral-welded tank wagon built in 2022, the locally produced aluminium carbodies that took the company into the passenger market in 2024, connected ISO tanks with sensors reporting location, temperature, pressure and fill level, and tube and bogie development for Erciyas Hyperloop.
Design is optimised across five principles, the 5L approach:
| Client | Product | Quantity | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| VTG | Tank Wagon | 340 | 2024 to 2026 |
| Wascosa | Intermodal Wagon | 100 | 2022 to 2025 |
| VTG | Intermodal Wagon | 300 | 2022 to 2025 |
| IRR (Iraqi Republic Railways) | Tank Wagon | 250 | 2021 to 2022 |
| DB Cargo | Car Carrier Wagon | 100 | 2020 to 2021 |
| Hyundai EURotem | Aluminium Metro Carbody (Istanbul M7&M12) | 144 | 2023 to 2026 |
| TÜRASAŞ | Aluminium Carbody (Gaziray) | 28 | 2023 to 2025 |
| Hyundai EURotem | Steel Tram Carbody (İzmir) | 285 | 2015 to 2016 |
Erciyas Rail is a member of Erciyas Holding. The production know-how behind its spiral-welded tank comes from its sister company Erciyas Steel Pipe, one of the world's leading line pipe manufacturers. Multimodal transport services are provided through a sister logistics company. erciyas.com
Erciyas Rail has been part of Erciyas Holding since 2016. Its sister companies include the line pipe manufacturer Erciyas Steel Pipe.
Yes. The company was founded as RC Engineering in 2003, became RC Industry when it joined Erciyas Holding in 2016 and took the name Erciyas Rail in 2023.
There are two: a 20,000 m² passenger carbody and R&D plant in Hendek, Sakarya, with the aluminium carbody line and the R&D centre, and a 20,000 m² freight wagon and bogie plant in Sivas, with the freight wagon line, heavy steel fabrication and maintenance and overhaul. The head office is in Ataşehir, İstanbul.
More than 400 freight wagons and more than 100 passenger carbodies per year. Over 1,700 Erciyas Rail wagons are in service.
References include VTG, Wascosa, DB Cargo, Iraqi Republic Railways, Hyundai EURotem, TÜRASAŞ, TÜVASAŞ and Laude.
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Last updated: 20 October 2026