Adana–Mersin railway

Adana-Mersin railway; Adana-Mersin demiryolu
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Locale	Çukurova
Termini	Central Station, Adana; Central Station, Mersin
Stations	11
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	Turkish State Railways
Depot(s)	Adana Diesel Depot; Mersin Diesel Depot
History
Opened	August 2, 1886
Technical
Line length	67 km (41.63 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map
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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.

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Railway lines in Turkey
District 1	Istanbul-Ankara Istanbul–Pythio Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad Mandıra–Kırklareli Muratlı–Tekirdağ Arifye–Adapazarı
District 2	Istanbul–Ankara Ankara–Kars Irmak–Zonguldak Ereğli–Armutçuk Boğazköprü–Ulukışla
District 3	İzmir–Eğirdir¹ İzmir–Afyon Manisa–Bandırma Torbalı–Ödemiş Çatal–Tire Ortaklar–Söke Goncalı–Denizli Menemen–Aliağa Çobanisa–Kemalpaşa
District 4	Ankara–Kars Kars–Tblisi Kars–Baku Samsun–Kalın Hanlı–Bostankaya Samsun–Çarşamba
District 5	Malatya–Çetinkaya Adana–Kurtalan Yolçatı–Tatvan Van–Sufian
District 6	Adana–Mersin Konya–Yenice Toprakkale–İskenderun Köprüağzı–Kahramanmaraş Şenyurt–Mardin Fevzipaşa–Aleppo Narlı–Nusaybin Aleppo–Karkamış
District 7	Eskişehir–Konya Alayunt–Balıkesir Afyon–Karakuyu İzmir–Afyon İzmir–Eğirdir Gümüşgün–Burdur Bozanönü–Isparta Kütahya–Seyitömer Tavşanlı–Tunçbilek Sütlaç–Çivril
High-speed	Ankara–Istanbul Polatlı–Konya
Under construction	Ankara–Sivas Polatlı–İzmir Istanbul–Kapıkule Bursa–Osmaneli
Railways in italics are not in service. ¹ Partially disused.

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 (HQs)	1 (Haydarpaşa) 2 (Ankara) 3 (Alsancak) 4 (Sivas) 5 (Malatya) 6 (Adana) 7 (Afyon)
Predecessor railways	Oriental Railway Ottoman Railway Company Smyrna Cassaba Railway Anatolian Railway Pozantı Nusaybin Railway Bursa Mudanya Railway Transcaucasus Railway Southern Railway (Turkey)