Samsun–Kalın railway

Kalın-Samsun railway
The northern terminus of the railway, Samsun.
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Locale	Black Sea Region, Turkey
Termini	Kalın, Sivas Samsun, Samsun
Operation
Opened	15 December 1932^[1]
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
Technical
Line length	377.7 km (234.7 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

The Samsun-Kalın railway is a 377.7 km (234.7 mi) long railway in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It connects to the Ankara-Kars railway, near Sivas from the port city of Samsun, running through the Pontic mountains. It is one of two railways that service a Black Sea port, along with the Irmak-Zonguldak railway.

References

↑ CFOA history - trainsofturkey.com

Railways in Turkey

District 1	Istanbul–Ankara railway Istanbul–Pythio railway Edirne cut-off Mandıra–Kırklareli railway Muratlı–Tekirdağ railway Arifye–Adapazarı railway

District 2	Istanbul–Ankara railway Ankara–Kars railway Irmak–Zonguldak railway Ereğli–Armutçuk railway Boğazköprü–Ulukışla railway

District 3	Izmir–Eğirdir railway¹ Izmir–Afyon railway Manisa–Bandırma railway Torbalı–Ödemiş railway Çatal–Tire railway Ortaklar–Söke railway Goncali-Denizli railway Menemen–Aliağa railway Çobanisa-Kemalpaşa railway

District 4	Ankara–Kars railway Kars–Tblisi railway Samsun–Kalın railway Hanlı–Bostankaya railway Samsun–Çarşamba railway

District 5	Malatya–Çetinkaya railway Adana–Kurtalan railway Yolaçtı–Tatvan railway Van–Razi railway

District 6	Adana–Mersin railway Konya–Yenice railway Toprakkale–İskendurun railway Köprüağzı–Kahramanmaraş railway Şenyurt–Mardin railway Fevzipaşa–Meydanekbez railway railway Narlı–Nusaybin railway Çobanbey–Karkamış railway

District 7	Eskişehir–Konya railway Alayunt–Balıkesir railway Afyon–Karakuyu railway Izmir–Afyon railway Izmir–Eğirdir railway Gümüşgün–Burdur railway Bozanönü–Isparta railway Kütahya–Seyitömer railway Tavşanlı–Tunçbilek railway Sütlaç–Çivril railway

High-speed	Istanbul–Ankara high-speed railway Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway

Under construction	Ankara–Sivas high-speed railway Polatlı-Izmir high-speed railway Bursa-Osmaneli high-speed railway Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway

Railways in italics are not in service. ¹ Partially disused.

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