| Turkey is the western extremity of the southern
corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway. The straights of Bosphorus
(at the northern end of the Sea of Marmara) and of Dardenelles (at
the Southern end point) provide the dividing line between
the European and Asian portions of Turkey.
There are five number of TAR routes in Turkey.
All links within Turkey are of 1,435 mm (standard) gauge.
Description of TAR links
in Turkey
| Link/LineSection |
Track
gauge (mm) |
Route Lengths distribution, by number
of tracks and traction type (km) |
| Total
length |
Single
track /non-elec. |
Multiple
track / non-elec. |
Single
trac. / electric |
Multiple
track/elec. |
| Tk.
1 Kapikoy- Kapikule |
1,435 |
2,354 |
1,230 |
- |
786 |
243 |
| Tk.
2 Aktas- Cetinkaya |
1,435 |
744 |
679 |
- |
65 |
- |
| Tk.
3 Malatya-Iskenderun |
1,435 |
377 |
- |
377 |
- |
- |
| Tk.
4 Toprakkale- Mersin |
1,435 |
147 |
147 |
- |
- |
- |
| Tk.
5 Bostankaya- Samsun |
1,435 |
431 |
431 |
- |
- |
- |
| TOTAL |
- |
4053 |
2487 |
- |
1228 |
243 |
|
