Edirne Cut-off
The Edirne Cut-off is a 80 km (50 mi) long rail line from Pehlivanköy, Turkey to Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The line was built in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways in order to avoid crossing the border with Greece, on the former Oriental Railway's main line, in order to get to Edirne. The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) also built a cut-off from Neo Vyssa to Marasia in the same year. These two new rail lines lead to the abandonment of the former CO main line in Edirne as well as the Karaağaç Railway Station.
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Railways in Turkey |
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| District 2 |
- Ankara-Sivas railway
- Irmak-Zonguldak railway
- Boğazköprü-Ulukışla railway
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| District 3 |
- Izmir-Eğirdir railway
- Izmir-Afyon railway
- Manisa-Bandırma railway
- Torbalı-Ödemiş railway
- Tire branch
- Söke branch
- Menemen-Aliağa railway
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| District 5 |
- Çetinkaya-Narlı railway
- Malatya-Kurtalan railway
- Yolçatı-Tatvan railway
- Van-Razi railway
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| District 6 |
- Adana–Mersin railway
- Adana-Nusaybin railway
- Toprakkale-İskendurun railway
- Kahramanmaraş branch
- Mardin branch
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| District 7 |
- Eskişehir-Tarsus railway
- Balıkesir-Alayunt railway
- Afyon-Karakuyu railway
- Burdur branch
- Isparta branch
- Civril branch
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