Toprakkale-İskendurun railway

Toprakkale-Iskendurun railway
Overview
Native name Toprakkale-İskendurun demiryolu
Type Heavy rail
Locale Mediterranean Region
Termini Toprakkale, Osmaniye
İskendurun, Hatay
Operation
Opened 1 November 1912
Owner Turkish State Railways
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge

The Toprakkale-Iskendurun railway (Turkish: Toprakkale-İskendurun railway) is a 58.9 km (36.6 mi) long electrified railway in southern Turkey. The railway branches off the Adana-Nusaybin railway at Toprakkale and heads south along the northeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the province Hatay. The line is an important freight route and the southernmost railway on the eastern iron-ore rail corridor. The line services the Port of İskendurun as well as the İsdemir steel mill. Primary traffic along the railway are freight trains carrying iron ore from the mines near Divriği, in northern Turkey. The line was opened on 1 November 1912 by the Baghdad Railway. Today the line is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways.


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