Adana–Mersin railway

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Adana-Mersin railway
Adana-Mersin demiryolu
Double track
(3rd and 4th tracks under construction)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

km
0
Adana
Adana (1886-1912)
2.8
Airport
)
6.8
Şehitlik
16
Zeytinli
Adana
Mersin
25.2
Yenice
End of electrification
38.7
Çukurova Airport
(2024)
42.2
Tarsus
49.4
Huzurkent
29.1
Taşkent
60.2
Karacailyas
62.5
Tırmıl
Port of Mersin
68.4
Mersin

The Adana–Mersin Main Line is a 67 km (41 miles) long double track rail line from the

Tarsus and has branch lines to the Port of Mersin. The line is one of the busiest rail lines in Turkey with 57 passenger trains and about 20 freight trains daily.[1]

At Yenice, between Tarsus and Adana, the main railroad line north to Ulukışla to the north joins the Adana–Mersin line; at Ulukışla, its two branches continue to Konya and Ankara to the northwest and Kayseri to the northeast.

History

Mersin–Tarsus–Adana Railway

On January 20, 1883, the Ottoman Government gave a concession to develop railways in Cilicia to two Turkish men. They sold a part of their rights to a group of English and French investors, leading to the establishment of the Mersin–Tarsus–Adana Railway (MTA), a French company headquartered in London. The line was quickly built and opened on August 2, 1886.

In 1896, the Turkish men sold all their rights to the company, making the MTA fully foreign owned. In 1906,

Chemins de fer d'Anatolie Baghdad Railway, which was a part of the Turkish State Railways
(TCDD). TCDD operates the line to this day.

The MTA terminal station in Adana was abandoned by the Baghdad Railway which built its own station further north.

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