Railway market in Turkey

The history of rail transport in Turkey began with the start of the placement in 1856 of a 130 kilometres railway line between Izmir and Aydın. At the birth of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, there were 3 660 km of standard gauge lines, of which 1 378 km were state-owned; while the lines owned by foreign investors were eventually nationalized starting from 1927. The total rail length is 8 772 km and the track gauge is 1 435 mm.