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Kalın–Samsun railway
The northern terminus of the railway, Samsun.
Overview
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Locale	Black Sea Region, Turkey
Termini	Kalın, Sivas Samsun, Samsun
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Turkish State Railways
Operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
History
Opened	15 December 1932
Technical
Line length	377.7 km (234.7 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Samsun–Kalın railway is a 377.7 km (234.7 mi) long railway in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It connects to the Ankara–Kars railway, near Sivas from the port city of Samsun, running through the Pontic mountains. It is one of two railways that service a Black Sea port, along with the Irmak–Zonguldak railway.

It was renovated in the early 21st century.

References

CFOA history - trainsofturkey.com
"Tokat'ta tren seferleri yıllar sonra yeniden başladı". Osmancık Haber - Çorum Haber Kaynağı, Son Dakika Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-05-30.

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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