 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Toprakkale–İskendurun railway" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Toprakkale-Iskenderun railway | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Native name | Toprakkale-İskenderun demiryolu |
| Owner | Turkish State Railways |
| Locale | Mediterranean region |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 November 1912 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Toprakkale–Iskenderun railway (Turkish: Toprakkale–İskenderun railway) is a 58.9 km (36.6 mi) long electrified railway in southern Turkey. The railway branches off the Adana–Aleppo railway at Toprakkale and heads south along the northeastern coast of the Mediterranean in the province Hatay. The line is an important freight route and the southernmost railway on the eastern iron-ore rail corridor. The line services the Port of İskenderun as well as the İsdemir steel mill. Primary traffic along the railway are freight trains carrying iron ore from the mines near Divriği, in northern Turkey. The line was opened on 1 November 1912 by the Baghdad Railway. Today, the line is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways.
References
- "CONSERVATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF RAILWAY AREAS: ISKENDERUN TERMINUS AREA" (PDF). etd.lib.metu.edu.tr. September 2012. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
| Railway lines in Turkey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 1 |
| ||||
| District 2 |
| ||||
| District 3 |
| ||||
| District 4 |
| ||||
| District 5 |
| ||||
| District 6 |
| ||||
| District 7 |
| ||||
| District 8 (High-speed rail) |
| ||||
| Under construction | |||||
| Railways in italics are not in service. Partially disused. | |||||
 | This Asia rail-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |