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İzmir–Afyon railway
İzmir–Afyon demiryolu

A westbound regional train crossing Bridge 98.

Overview

Owner

Turkish State Railways

Locale

Aegean Region

Termini

Service

Type

Passenger and freight rail

Operator(s)

TCDD Taşımacılık (İzmir–Afyon)
Omsan (Menemen–Afyon)
İZBAN (İzmir–Menemen)

History

Opened

10 October 1865 (İzmir–Manisa)
1890 (İzmir–Afyon)

Technical

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Route map
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The İzmir–Afyon railway (Turkish: İzmir–Afyon demiryolu) is a mostly single-track railway in the Aegean Region of Turkey, connecting Afyonkarahisar to the port city of İzmir. The railway is the main freight and passenger train route from the Aegean region to Central Anatolia. It was built between 1865–90 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway and is the second oldest railway in Turkey. Today the line is owned by the Turkish State Railways.

Operations

TCDD Taşımacılık operates regional and inter-city passenger service from İzmir to Uşak and Afyon, and further to Konya. In İzmir, the railway hosts İZBAN commuter rail service from Tepeköy to Menemen, where the İZBAN branches off to Aliağa. TCDD Taşımacılık also operates frequent freight trains, mostly from the industrial Aliağa region into central Anatolia. Since 2018 Omsan operates bulk freight trains from the port of Aliağa to Kayseri, using the railway.

Train type	Route	Frequency	Operator
Mainline	İzmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir – Uşak – Afyon – Konya	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Mainline	İzmir – Menemen – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir – Ankara	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Mainline	İzmir – Menemen – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	İzmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir – Uşak	2x Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	İzmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	Manisa – Alaşehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Commuter	Tepeköy – Cumaovası – Şirinyer – Alsancak – Halkapınar – Karşıyaka – Çiğli – Menemen – Aliağa	5x Hourly	İZBAN

References

Afyonkarahisar Tren Saatleri (in Turkish)
"SCP - Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements". Trains of Turkey.

Railway lines in Turkey

District 1

Main	Istanbul–Ankara Istanbul–Pythio Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad
Branch	Arifye–Adapazarı Muratlı–Tekirdağ Mandıra–Kırklareli ~~Feneryolu–Fenerbahçe~~

District 2

Main	Istanbul–Ankara Ankara–Kars Irmak–Zonguldak Ulukışla–Boğazköprü ~~Ereğli–Armutçuk~~
Branch	Sincan–Kazan Soda

District 3

Main	İzmir–Eğirdir İzmir–Afyonkarahisar Manisa–Bandırma Torbalı–Ödemiş
Branch	Çatal–Tire Ortaklar–Söke Goncalı–Denizli Menemen–Aliağa Çobanisa–Kemalpaşa

District 4

Main	Ankara–Kars Kars–Tbilisi Kars–Baku Samsun–Kalın Samsun–Çarşamba
Branch	Hanlı–Bostankaya bypass Tecer–Kangal bypass Samsun–Azot

District 5

Main	Malatya–Çetinkaya Fevzipașa–Kurtalan Yolçatı–Tatvan Van–Sufian

District 6

Main	Adana–Mersin Konya–Yenice Fevzipașa–Kurtalan Toprakkale–İskenderun Adana–Aleppo Narlı–Karkamış Aleppo–Nusaybin
Branch	Köprüağzı–Kahramanmaraş Şenyurt–Mardin

District 7

Main	Eskişehir–Konya Afyon–Karakuyu Balıkesir–Alayunt İzmir–Afyonkarahisar İzmir–Eğirdir
Branch	Gümüşgün–Burdur Bozanönü–Isparta Kütahya–Seyitömer Tavşanlı–Tunçbilek Sütlaç–Çivril

District 8
(High-speed rail)

High-speed	Ankara–Istanbul Ankara–Sivas Polatlı–Konya
Higher-speed	Konya–Karaman

Under construction

Railways in italics are not in service.
Partially disused.

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