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Anatolian Baghdad Railway

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Reporting mark
  
CFAB

Length
  
1,067 km (663 mi)

Successor
  
Turkish State Railways

Dates of operation
  
1924–1927

Headquarters
  
Ankara, Turkey

Locale
  
Eastern Marmara, Central Anatolia

Track gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)

Predecessor
  
Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie

The Chemins de fer d'Anatolie Baghdad (Turkish: Anadolu Bağdat Demiryolları, English: Anatolian Baghdad Railway) was the first national railway company of the Republic of Turkey and predecessor to the Turkish State Railways. It was formed on 3 March 1924 by the Turkish Government to operate and later buy up stocks of the Ottoman Anatolian Railway as well as the Konya-Pozantı section of the former Baghdad Railway.

References

Anatolian Baghdad Railway Wikipedia