List of railway companies in Turkey

The following railways operate or operated in Anatolia, Turkey and in former lands of the Ottoman Empire.

Operating railways

Common carriers

Railway Mark Start Year End Year Successor Notes
Turkish State Railways TCDD 1927 Only common carrier in Turkey.
İZBAN İZBAN 2010 Commuter railway, owned 50% by TCDD.

Urban railways

AntRay

Defunct railways

Common carriers

Railway Mark Start Year End Year Successor Notes
Ottoman Railway Company ORC 1856 1935 Turkish State Railways First railway in Anatolia
Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements SCP 1863 1935 Turkish State Railways
Chemins de fer Orientaux CO 1868 1927 TCDD, CFFH, BDZ and others This major railway operated in the European part of the Ottoman Empire.
Transcaucasus Railway 1872 1924 Eastern Railway and Soviet Railways Russian railway, operated a rail line into Kars.
Chemins de fer Ottomans d'Anatolie CFOA 1880 1924 Chemins de fer d'Anatolie Baghdad
Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway MTA 1886 1906 Chemins du Fer Impérial Ottomans de Bagdad
Mudanya-Bursa Railway CFMB 1892 1931 Turkish State Railways Not connected to the national system.
Berlin–Baghdad railway CFIO 1899 1924 Chemins de fer d'Anatolie Baghdad Baghdad Railway
Anatolian Baghdad Railways 1924 1927 Turkish State Railways
Samsun–Çarşamba railway 1924 1929 Turkish State Railways 750mm narrow gauge line. Not connected to the national network.
Eastern Railway (Turkey) 1925 1927 Turkish State Railways 1,520mm broad gauge and 750mm narrow gauge line. Not connected to the national network until 1939.
State Railways and Seaports Administration 1924 1927 Turkish State Railways
Southern Railway (Turkey) CD 1933 1948 Turkish State Railways
Ottoman Government 1872 1873 Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie Operated a railway line from Istanbul to Izmit.
Cillicia and Northern Syria Railway CNS 1918 1927 Chemins de Fer Bozanti Alep Nissibine et Prolongements
Chemins de Fer Bozanti Alep Nissibine et Prolongements BANP 1927 1933 Southern Railways

Defunct urban railways

Name Start Year End Year Successor
Société des Tramways de Constantinople 1871 1939 IETT
Üsküdar Kadıköy Halk Tramwayları 1928 1939 IETT
Trams in İzmir 1890 1960s