Adana–Mersin railway

Adana-Mersin railway
Adana-Mersin demiryolu

Overview

Type

Heavy rail

System

Turkish State Railways

Status

Operational

Locale

Çukurova

Termini

Central Station, Adana
Central Station, Mersin

Stations

Operation

Opened

2 August 1886

Owner

Turkish State Railways

Operator(s)

Turkish State Railways

Depot(s)

Adana Diesel Depot
Mersin Diesel Depot

Technical

Line length

67 km (41.63 mi)

Number of tracks

Double track

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Operating speed

120 km/h (75 mph)

Route map

Legend

Distance

Station

Line to Malatya, Diyarbakır and Kurtalan

0 km

0 mi

Adana

2 km

1 mi

Şakirpaşa

6 km

4 mi

Şehitlik

16 km

10 mi

Zeytinli

Yenice Logistics Center

25 km

16 mi

Yenice

Line to Konya

38 km

24 mi

Tarsus

45 km

28 mi

Huzurkent

50 km

31 mi

Taşkent

56 km

35 mi

Karacailyas

59 km

37 mi

Tırmıl

Port of Mersin

44 km

27 mi

Mersin

The Adana - Mersin Main Line is a 67 km (41 miles) long double track rail line from the Adana Railway Station in Adana to the Mersin Railway Station in Mersin. The line passes through the city of 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.

History

MTA

On January 20, 1883, the Ottoman Government gave a concession to develop railways in Cilicia to two Turkish men. But they could not proceed alone so they sold a part of their rights to a group of English and French investors. This action led to establishment of the Mersin – Tarsus – Adana Railway (MTA), a French company headquartered in London. The line was quickly constructed and completed in 1886 with the line opening on August 2, 1886.

In 1896 the Turkish men sold all their rights to the company, making the MTA fully foreign owned. In 1906 the Deutsche Bank bought the line from the French company. After World War I and the Turkish Independence War, the line was still owned by the Deutsche Bank. On January 1, 1929 the line met the same fate as the Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (CFOA) and was nationalized. It became part of the 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.

External links

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.

Turkish Railways

Ottoman Era (1856–1922)	ORC SCP Transcaucasus CO CFOA JSC MTA CFMB CIOB CNS Hejaz Railway

Turkish Era (1923–present)	ADA CFAB BANP TCDD CFFH CD İZBAN Sümerbank

Industrial	Erdemir Kardemir İsdemir TTK

Turkish State Railways (TCDD)

Main stations	Istanbul Haydarpaşa Istanbul Sirkeci Ankara Izmir Alsancak Izmir Basmane Eskişehir Kayseri Sivas Malatya Adana Afyon

Service	High-speed Rail Intercity Service Regional Service Commuter Service International Service Freight Service

Ports	Port of Haydarpaşa Port of İzmir Port of Mersin Port of Derince Port of Samsun Port of İskendurun Port of Bandırma

Railway districts	1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Predecessor railways	Oriental Railway Ottoman Railway Company Smyrna Cassaba Railway Anatolian Railway Pozantı Nusaybin Railway Bursa Mudanya Railway Transcaucasus Railway Southern Railway (Turkey)

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