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Turkish railway map

High resolution railway map of Turkey. Map is published by TCDD in 2019 with all details below: Conventional rail network High speed rail network Passenger and freight stations Distances between stations Cover photo: TCDD ©

TCDD freight wagon guide

The freight wagon guide of TCDD. TCDD has about 18k freight wagons in its fleet. In this large fleet, there are 2ax and 4ax platform wagons, 60′ container wagons, 2ax ad 4ax covered wagons, tank wagons and hopper wagons. TCDD Freight Wagon Guide includes all wagon types in TCDD fleet, numbers, dimensions, capacities and other…

New axle load limits of Turkish railways

22.5 axle load limit becomes widespread in Turkey. One of the important results of renewal of rail network is the new standard in axle load. 22.5 to/axle was limited with Kapikule-Istanbul-Ankara line in 2005. Now 22.5 to becomes almost the standard. Here below are the exceptions which have lower axle limits: Yolçatı-Tatvan-Van-Kapıköy (20 to) Yolçatı-Diyarbakır-Batman-Kurtalan…

811 km railway electrified

811 km of railway is electrified in Turkey within 3 years. According to network statement of 2021 recently published, the electrified non-HST network of Turkey has reached to 3128 km. It was 2317 km in 2018 statement. TCDD has a target to electrify all network in 2023. Below map shows the electrified conventional rail network…

Turkey’s busiest train stations

Passenger trains are getting slightly over 1% of share among all travels. Despite this, rail transportation is very important in some routes and get an important share from passenger traffic. Here are Turkey’s cities with busiest traffic: #10 – Denizli ve Manisa There two trains departing from Manisa and 7 other trains calling at the…

Steepest gradients of Turkish railways

The gradients in railways are important, since they may kill the efficiency. One of the most critical factors determining the maximum gross weight of a full train is the max gradient all along the route.  This gradient, together with the traction power of loco and the strength of couplings of wagons, determine the maximum gross…

Central Asia railway map

High resolution railway map of Central Asia, covering Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Red lines show the current lines and orange lines show the planned lines. The Gorgan-Uzen line connecting Iran to Turkmenistan opened. Central Asia railway map Other railway maps Cover Photo: V. ©

Kazakhstan railway map

High resolution railway map of Kazakhstan. Red lines show the current lines and orange lines show the planned lines. The Gorgan-Uzen line connecting Iran to Turkmenistan, which seems under construction in the map, has opened. Two important lines, which are not seen on themap, has opened by the end of 2014: Zhezkazgan-Beyneu and Arkalyk-Shubarkol. Kazakhstan…

Iran railway map

High resolution railway map of Iran showing current lines, lines under construction and planned lines. Black lines are current lines, orange lines are under construction. The Gorgan-Godurolum line in orange, connecting Iran to Turkmenistan has opened. Iran railway map Other railway maps Cover Photo: V. ©

Metro and tram in Turkish cities – 2019

Which cities have wider usage of rail, which is more efficient, which one of the metro, tram and suburban systems are used in Turkish cities? For the fourth time, we are publishing the comparative analysis of metro and tram systems in Turkish cities. The total rail network being used for urban transport in Turkey has…

The rail usage in Turkish cities – 2018

In which cities urban rail is used more, which of them are more efficient, in which cities suburban trains, metro and tram systems shine out? This is the third year of our “metro and tram systems in Turkish cities” research. We compared urban rail networks, rolling stock and ridership in 12 cities of Turkey. Here…