Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad railway

Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System TCDD, BDZ
Status Operating
Locale Western Thrace
Termini Pehlivanköy, Turkey
Svilengrad, Bulgaria
Stations 7
Operation
Opened 1971
Owner Turkish State Railways (Pehlivanköy–Kapıkule)
Bulgarian State Railways (Kapıkule–Svilengrad)
Depot(s) Edirne Yard, Kapıkule Yard
Technical
Line length 80 km (50 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 25 kV Hz
Route map

Legend
Distance Station
0 km (0 mi) Istanbul–Pythio railway
4.3 km (3 mi) Sazlımalkoç
11.6 km (7 mi) Bahçıvanova
12.9 km (8 mi) Kırcasalih
20.1 km (12 mi) Şerbetatar
26.2 km (16 mi) Abalar
37.4 km (23 mi) Tayyakadın
46.7 km (29 mi) Edirne
49.3 km (31 mi) Edirne Şehir
Tunca
66.5 km (41 mi) Kapıkule
Turkey/Bulgaria
Maritsa
Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad railway
86.5 km (54 mi) Svilengrad
to Plovdiv and Sofia

The Edirne cut-off is a 80 km (50 mi) long rail line from Pehlivanköy, Turkey to Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The line was built in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways in order to avoid crossing the border with Greece, on the former Oriental Railway's main line, in order to get to Edirne. The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) also built a cut-off from Neo Vyssa to Marasia in the same year. These two new rail lines led to the abandonment of the former CO main line in Edirne as well as the Karaağaç Railway Station.

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