The İstanbul-Pythio railway is a part of the former Oriental Railway’s main line between İstanbul and Belgrade. The line is Turkey’s only railway connecting to Europe and is an important freight corridor for the country. The railway was opened in 1873 by the Oriental Railway from İstanbul to Edirne. However after World War I only the İstanbul-Demirköprü section still remained in Turkish territory. In 1971 the State railways built a new line from Pehlivanköy to the Bulgarian border at Kapıkule.
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