Turkish State Railways
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company from Türkiye
Key facts
- Headquarters
- Ankara , Turkey
- Reporting mark
- TCDD
- Locale
- Turkey
- Dates of operation
- 1929 – present
- Predecessor
- State Railways and Seaports Administration
- Successor
- TCDD Transport (Railway operations only)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Previous gauge
- 1,520 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in ) Broad gauge (Sarıkamış-Gyumri) , 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) Narrow gauge (Sarıkamış-Erzurum)
- Electrification
- 25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line
- Length
- 12,532 kilometres (7,787 mi)
- Website
- www.tcdd.gov.tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- government agency
- Official name
- The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Headquarters
- Ankara Province
- Parent organization
- Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
- Industry
- rail transport
- Employees
- 35593
- Legal form
- state-owned enterprise
- Official website
- www.tcdd.gov.tr
- Image
- Ankara asv2021-10 img19 Railway station.jpg
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- Commons category
- Turkish State Railways
- topic's main category
- Category:Turkish State Railways
- inception
- 1929-00-00
- short name
- TCDD
- reporting mark
- TCDD
- date of official opening
- 1929-06-04
- member of
- International Union of Railways
- social media followers
- 6770
- location of formation
- Ankara
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Encyclopedic overview
The Turkish State Railways (Turkish:Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları), abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible for the ownership and maintenance of railways in Turkey, as well as the planning and construction of new lines. TCDD was formed on 4 June 1929 as part of the nationalisation of railways in Turkey.
The Turkish State Railways owns and maintains all public railways in Turkey. This includes railway stations, ports, bridges and tunnels, yards and maintenance facilities. In 2016, TCDD controlled an active network of 12,532 km (7,787 mi) of railways, making it the 22nd-largest railway system in the world. Apart from railway infrastructure, TCDD also owns several rail transport companies within Turkey as well as a 50% share of the İzmir-area commuter rail system, İZBAN.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turkish State Railways” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.