Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad railway

Overview

Type

Heavy rail

System

TCDD, BDZ

Status

Operating

Locale

Western Thrace

Termini

Pehlivanköy, Turkey
Svilengrad, Bulgaria

Stations

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

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ 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.

Railways in Turkey

District 1	Istanbul–Ankara railway Istanbul–Pythio railway Edirne cut-off Mandıra–Kırklareli railway Muratlı–Tekirdağ railway Arifye–Adapazarı railway

District 2	Istanbul–Ankara railway Ankara–Kars railway Irmak–Zonguldak railway Ereğli–Armutçuk railway Boğazköprü–Ulukışla railway

District 3	Izmir–Eğirdir railway¹ Izmir–Afyon railway Manisa–Bandırma railway Torbalı–Ödemiş railway Çatal–Tire railway Ortaklar–Söke railway Goncali-Denizli railway Menemen–Aliağa railway Çobanisa-Kemalpaşa railway

District 4	Ankara–Kars railway Kars–Tblisi railway Samsun–Kalın railway Hanlı–Bostankaya railway Samsun–Çarşamba railway

District 5	Malatya–Çetinkaya railway Adana–Kurtalan railway Yolaçtı–Tatvan railway Van–Razi railway

District 6	Adana–Mersin railway Konya–Yenice railway Toprakkale–İskendurun railway Köprüağzı–Kahramanmaraş railway Şenyurt–Mardin railway Fevzipaşa–Meydanekbez railway railway Narlı–Nusaybin railway Çobanbey–Karkamış railway

District 7	Eskişehir–Konya railway Alayunt–Balıkesir railway Afyon–Karakuyu railway Izmir–Afyon railway Izmir–Eğirdir railway Gümüşgün–Burdur railway Bozanönü–Isparta railway Kütahya–Seyitömer railway Tavşanlı–Tunçbilek railway Sütlaç–Çivril railway

High-speed	Istanbul–Ankara high-speed railway Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway

Under construction	Ankara–Sivas high-speed railway Polatlı-Izmir high-speed railway Bursa-Osmaneli high-speed railway Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway

Railways in italics are not in service. ¹ Partially disused.

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