Narrow-gauge railways in Turkey

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

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.[1]
  • Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse (Mudyana Bursa Railway) in Bursa, 42 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and closed in 1948.[2]
  • A 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge railway for the construction of the standard-gauge Baghdad Railway.[3]

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.[4]

Children's railways

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

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

References
  1. Samsun Çarsamba
  2. Bursa
  3. Destined for Turkey and use on the Baghdad Railway
  4. OGÜ Student Railway
  5. Children railways in Turkey
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