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Irmak–Zonguldak railway

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Irmak–Zonguldak railway (Turkish: Irmak-Zonguldak demiryolu) is a railway line in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The railway connects the industrial coal regions and the port of Zonguldak as well as the Kardemir steel mill to central Anatolia and is a major freight railway. Due to the importance the railway has on the Turkish coal industry, it has been nicknamed the coal-route (Turkish: kömüryolu).^[1] The railway was built by the Turkish State Railways in 1937. A thrice-weekly passenger train, the Karaelmas Express, ran from Ankara to Zonguldak but was discontinued on 1 January 2010.^[2] In 2014, regional passenger service was brought back between Zonguldak and Filyos but the line today is mainly for freight rail.

References

^ Irmak-Zonguldak railway history - trainsofturkey.com
^ Karaelmas Ekspresi - ekşi sözlük

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