Irmak–Zonguldak railway

Irmak-Zonguldak railway
A freight train waiting to depart Zonguldak.
Overview
Type	Freight rail with a small passenger section
Locale	Black Sea Region
Termini	Irmak, Kırıkkale Kozlu, Zonguldak
Operation
Opened	23 April 1931 (Irmak-Çankırı) 12 August 1937 (Çankırı-Zonguldak)
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

The Irmak–Zonguldak railway (Turkish: Irmak-Zonguldak demiryolu) is a railway line in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The railway connects the industrial coal regions and the port of Zonguldak as well as the Kardemir steel mill to central Anatolia and is a major freight railway. Due to the importance the railway has on the Turkish coal industry, it has been nicknamed the coal-route (Turkish: kömüryolu).^[1] The railway was built by the Turkish State Railways in 1937. A thrice-weekly passenger train, the Karaelmas Express, ran from Ankara to Zonguldak but was discontinued on 1 January 2010.^[2] In 2014, regional passenger service was brought back between Zonguldak and Filyos but the line today is mainly for freight rail.

References

↑ Irmak-Zonguldak railway history - trainsofturkey.com
↑ Karaelmas Ekspresi - ekşi sözlük

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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