page_title: History of rail transport in Turkey
hierarchical_section_title: History of rail transport in Turkey
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Frontansicht des alten Istanbuler Bahnhofs. Das Bild wurde aus drei Einzelbilder zusammengesetzt. Es stellt die alte Front des Bahnhofs dar. Hinter dem alten Gebäude befindet sich der neue Bahnhof. An diesem alten Bahnhof endete die traditionelle Strecke des Orient Express.
context_page_description: The history of rail transport in Turkey began with the start of the placement in 1856 of a 130 kilometres railway line between Izmir and Aydın. The first finished Ottoman railway line was a 66 kilometres line between Köstence and Boğazköy built in 1859-1860.
  The state corporation that manages the Turkish railway system, Turkish State Railways, subdivides the history into the Pre-Republic period, the Republic period and the period after 1950. During the first period, railways were built and operated by foreign concerns with permission from the state. In the second, the state took over its own railways and expanded them in support of Turkish financial interests. In the third period, attention turned from rail travel to highways, and the expansion of railways dramatically slowed.
context_section_description: The history of rail transport in Turkey began with the start of the placement in 1856 of a 130 kilometres (81 mi) railway line between Izmir and Aydın. The first finished Ottoman railway line was a 66 kilometres (41 mi) line between Köstence (Constanţa, Romania today) and Boğazköy (Cernavodă, Romania today) built in 1859-1860.
  The state corporation that manages the Turkish railway system, Turkish State Railways, subdivides the history into the Pre-Republic period (Ottoman period), the Republic period (which extends from 1923 to 1950) and the period after 1950. During the first period, railways were built and operated by foreign concerns with permission from the state. In the second, the state took over its own railways and expanded them in support of Turkish financial interests. In the third period, attention turned from rail travel to highways, and the expansion of railways dramatically slowed.
caption: Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal opened in 1890 as the terminus of the Ottoman Empire's principal European railway line, serving also the famous Orient Express
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