Izmir-Eğirdir railway

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The İzmir-Eğirdir railway also known as the Alsancak-Eğirdir railway is a main line in southwest Turkey. The railway was the former mainline of the Oriental Railway Company(ORC) and the İzmir-Aydın section of the line was the first railway in Turkey. The line runs from Alsancak Terminal in İzmir to Bozanönü where the Isparta branch begins. The short section east of Bozanönü to Eğirdir was abandoned in 2003. TCDD offers passenger service from Izmir to Denizli.

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is part of

Turkish State Railways

line length (μ)

463000.0

location

Anatolia

number of stations

32, 47

number of tracks

1, 2

opening date

1866-07-01

opening year

1866-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

Turkish State Railways

owner

Turkish State Railways

railway rolling stock

TCDD HT65000

route end

Bozan%C3%B6n%C3%BC, E%C4%9Firdir_railway_station

route start

İzmir Alsancak Terminal

speed limit (kmh)

100.0

type

Passenger rail terminology

type of electrification

25 kV AC railway electrification

voltage of electrification (V)

25000.0