Tunnels
Going through mountains, the network has numerous tunnels. As a tribute to great tunneling in Turkey, we place herewith the list of the tunnels over 2km in Anatolia. They are all single track, but some of them have a very large clearance.
Region | Length (m) | Km from | Km to | Line | Nearest Start Station | Nearest End Station |
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4 | 5 367 | Tecer Kangal | Tecer (*) | Yeni Kangal | ||
6 | 4 906 | 500,965 | 505,871 | Adana Fevzipaşa | Ayran | Fevzipaşa |
6 | 3 795 | 299,371 | 303,165 | Konya Adana | Belemedik | Hacıkırı |
2 | 3 507 | 142,512 | 146,019 | Irmak Zonguldak | Sumucak (**) | Göllüce |
6 | 2 102 | 303,582 | 305,683 | Konya Adana | Belemedik | Hacıkırı |
5 | 2 257 | 120,848 | 123,105 | Yolcatı Tatvan | Gökdere | Ekerek |
4 | 2 073 | 1294,232 | 1296,306 | Sivas Kars | Aşit | Sarıkamış |
(*) Tunnel inaugurated in October 2012 on a new alignment on the Sivas Erzurum line. (**) This tunnel is also known as "Batibeli" tunnel.
Other long tunnels
Region | Length (m) | Km from | Km to | Line | Nearest Start Station | Nearest End Station |
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1 003 | Izmir Denizli | Selcuk | Çamlık |
In total, TCDD has 763 tunnels for a cumulative length of 180km (source 2007 TCDD annual report). Besides the 6 tunnels listed above, 20 tunnels are above 1km length.