Manisa – Bandırma railway line

Manisa – Bandırma railway line
Route length:	275.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend Izmir – Afyonkarahisar railway line from Izmir 0 Manisa Railway Izmir – Afyonkarahisar to Afyon 6.6 Mahmudiye 11.6 Karaağaçlı 15.3 Yılmaz 18.6 Saruhanlı 21.7 Hacırahmanlı 24.1 İshakçelebi 34.4 Km 100 + 430 37.3 Kayışlar 41.6 Kapaklı 44.9 Çiftlik 51.4 Akhısar 55.8 Medar 59.6 Suleymanli 62.0 Sünnetciler 66.5 Cobanhasan 70.2 Bakır 80.9 Kırkağaç 92.5 Soma 98.6 Kadınköy 106.8 Beyce 110.8 Yagcilli 119.9 Savaştepe 127.8 Çalıköy 137.6 Mecidiyeky 141.7 Soğucak 143.6 Yenidere 148.2 Km 214 + 200 152.9 Bahçedere 157.8 Çukurhüseyin 165.1 Gokkoy 170.9 Çimento Fabrıkası 174.7 Balikesir Balıkesir – Alayunt railway line 6.7 Ayşebacı 17.3 Ayvatlar 22.0 Yenikoy 29.5 Gökçedere 32.5 Ömerköy 37.6 Söğütçayın 45.4 Susurluk Susurluk Şeker Fabrikası ( siding ) 49.4 Şekerli 53.6 Mustafakemalpaşa 61.2 Okcug oil 67.5 Pinar 73.1 Aksakal 87.9 Siğirci 97.7 Kuşcenneti 100.5 Bandırma Gar 101.0 Bandırma Şehir Istanbul

The Manisa – Bandırma railway forms part of the shortest railway connection between Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey .

history

The construction of the railway line was started as part of the network of The Smyrna Cassaba Railway (SCR) and as a branch of their main line Izmir – Afyon . The SCR found itself in considerable financial difficulties, so that the construction of the first 92.5 km long section from Manisa to Soma was carried out by the SCR, but as well as the operation of the line was paid for by the state. This first section had been open to traffic since May 1890. The SCR network was transferred in 1893 to the Société Ottomane du Chemin de fer de Smyrne-Cassaba et Prolongements (SCP), which then completed the northern section of the line to Bandırma on the Marmara Sea (183.2 km), which went into operation in 1912. From the port of the city there is a ferry connection to Istanbul (then: Constantinople ). The SCP was able to offer the fastest connection between Izmir (then: Smyrna ) and Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire . This route was the last major project that the SCP realized. The track had only a relatively light superstructure . An axle load of 13.5 tons was not allowed to be exceeded in 1934.

The SCP - and with it its Manisa – Bandırma route - was taken over by the Turkish state railway Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD) on June 1, 1934 , as the Turkish Republic was anxious to nationalize all railway companies in Turkey step by step .

traffic

Ferry to Istanbul in the port of Bandırma

The connection is currently usually offered twice a day. Today, the ferry route is operated by high-speed boats, which they cover in around two hours. The connecting trains take around six hours to cover the 336 km route between Izmir and Bandırma.

planning

A high-speed line Izmir – Bursa is planned, which will largely take over the traffic of the existing line Manisa – Bandırma, also in the direction of Istanbul.

literature

• Benno Bickel, Karl-Wilhelm Koch, Florian Schmidt: Steam under the half moon. The last few years of steam operation in Turkey. Verlag Röhr, Krefeld 1987, ISBN 3-88490-183-4
• AE Durrant: The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe. David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1972, ISBN 0-7153-4077-8
• Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas and historical summary. Volume 8: The Middle East and Caucasus. 2006, ISBN 954-12-0128-8 .
• Viktor von Röll (Ed.): Turkish Railways. In: Encyclopedia of Railways. 2nd Edition. Volume 9: Seaport tariffs - transition curve. Urban and Schwarzenberg, Berlin 1921, p. 373 ff. ( Zeno.org ).

Web links

• Timetable .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ All information from Robinson, pp. 51, 53, 54.
2. ↑ Timetable .
3. ↑ hjs: S-Bahn İzmir. In: IBSE telegram. 303, February 2016, p. 6.