Atatürk's Railway Projects in Fifteen Years

The list of iron steps that Atatürk packed in fifteen years:

Ankara-Sivas Line - 602 km. Its construction started in the First World War, the last rail was put in place on 19 July 1930 and it was put into service on 30 August 1930 with a great ceremony.

Samsun-Sivas Line- The 372 km line, which took seven years to build, was put into operation on 30 September 1931. There are 4.914 tunnels in this line with a length of 37 m.

Kütahya-Balıkesir Line- This line, which was put into operation on April 23, 1932, is 242 km.

Ulukışla-Kayseri Line - 172 km long and was put into service on September 2, 1933.

Yolçatı-Elazığ Line- The line opened on 11 August 1934 is 24 km long.

Fevzipaşa-Diyarbakır Line - 504 km long line was opened for transportation on 22 November 1935. It has 13.609 m, 64 tunnels, 37 stations, 1910 culverts and bridges.

Filyos-Irmak Line- 390 km. It was completed on 12 November 1935.

Afyon-Karakuyu Line- The line, which was put into service on November 25, 1936, is 112 km.

Bozanönü-Isparta Line- The 13-kilometer line was opened on March 26, 1936 and connected Isparta to the country's railway network.

Sivas-Erzurum Line - 548 km. The line, which was built in a very difficult geography and started to be built on September 4, 1933, was completed in a short time that would be considered a record within the framework of the possibilities of that day and was put into service on October 20, 1939. It has 22.422 tunnels with a total length of 138 meters and 2 iron bridges. The number of workers working in one day in summer is 27.000. The total number of workers working in the six-year period is 14 million 996 thousand 300.

Malatya-Çetinkaya Line- 140 kilometers long and was put into operation on 16 August 1937.

These are the lines that are put into service in the health of Atatürk. Their total length is 3.119 km. The 520 km Diyarbakır-Kurtalan line continues. When we add it, the number goes up to 3.639. 242.6 km railway construction per year; it is a record and has not been broken again since today. Let him be broken, not even approached. Despite the advancing technology, enormous construction equipment and all the achievements of the republic. It could not be broken.

The railway network that the Atatürk period brought to the country does not consist of them. There are also those who are purchased from foreigners. Except for the Hijaz Railway line of the railroads built during the Ottoman Empire period, all of them are built with foreign capital and are operated by foreigners in return for concessions or concessions. The Republic has also liquidated these concessions covering long years and has nationalized both the property and the operation of the lines. The total length of these lines is 3.840. The nationalization of the 3.435 km of this was carried out in the health of Atatürk. In other words, the total length of the railway network that Atatürk brought to this country in fifteen years is 7.074. This is the year 471.6 km road.