İzmir–Afyon railway

Izmir–Afyon railway İzmir–Afyon demiryolu
A westbound regional train crossing Bridge 98.
Overview
Type	Passenger and freight rail
Locale	Aegean Region
Termini	Izmir Afyon
Operation
Opened	10 October 1865 (Izmir–Manisa) 1890 (Izmir–Afyon)
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

The Izmir–Afyon railway (Turkish: İzmir–Afyon demiryolu) is a railway in the Aegean Region of Turkey, connecting Afyonkarahisar to the port city of Izmir. The railway is the main freight and passenger train route from the Aegean region to Central Anatolia. The railway was built between 1865–90 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway and is the second oldest railway in Turkey.^[1] Today the line is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways.

References

↑ "SCP - Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements". Trains of Turkey.

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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