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İzmir–Afyon railway

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The Izmir–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 Izmir. 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.^[1] Today the line is owned by the Turkish State Railways.

Operations

TCDD Taşımacılık operates regional and inter-city passenger service from Izmir to Uşak and Afyon, and further to Konya. In Izmir, the railway hosts İZBAN commuter rail service from the city center to Menemen, where the Northern Line 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	Izmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir – Uşak – Afyon – Konya	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Mainline	Izmir – Menemen – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir – Ankara	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Mainline	Izmir – Menemen – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	Izmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir – Uşak	2x Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	Izmir – Menemen – Manisa – Alaşehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Regional	Manisa – Alaşehir	Daily	TCDD Taşımacılık
Commuter	Alsancak – Halkapınar – Karşıyaka – Çiğli – Menemen – Aliağa	5x Hourly	İZBAN

References

^ "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–Eğirdir¹ 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