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Narrow gauge railways in Turkey

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There are currently no common-carrier narrow-gauge railways in Turkey.

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Historical

  • Samsun–Çarşamba Railway Line, 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge, 37 km of a planned 150 km line was actually built, from Samsun to Çarşamba and was closed in 1971.
  • Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse (Mudyana Bursa Railway) in Bursa, 42 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and closed in 1948.
  • A 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge railway for the construction of the standard-gauge Baghdad Railway.

    • Park railway

  • Eskişehir Sazova park railway, 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge, a line of 1200m was built at the campus of Osman Gazi Universitesi (OGÜ) in Eskişehir, later transferred to Savova park, where a circuit line was built.

    • Children's railways

    Three 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge children's railways were built in Turkey.

  • Afyon children railway in Afyon
  • Ankara Gençlik Park Railway, in Ankara
  • Izmir International Fair Park Railway in Izmir

    • References

    Narrow-gauge railways in Turkey Wikipedia
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