Adana–Mersin Railway Line

		Line to Nusaybin, Iskenderun, and Eastern Turkey
		Adana Railway Station
		Sakirpasa
		Sehitlik
		Zeytinli
		Yenice
		Line to Konya, Kayseri, Istanbul, and Western Turkey.
		Tarsus
		Huzurkent
		Taskent
		Karacailyas
		Tırmıl
		To Port of Mersin
		To Port of Mersin
		Mersin Railway Station

The Adana - Mersin Main Line is a 67 km (41 Miles) long double track rail line from the Adana Railway Station in Adana, to the Mersin Railway Station in Mersin. The line passes through the city of Tarsus and has branch lines to the Port of Mersin. The line is one of the busiest rail lines in Turkey, seeing 57 passenger trains, and about 20 freight trains daily.

History

MTA

On January 20, 1883, the Ottoman Government gave a concession to develop railways in Cilicia to two Turkish men. But they could not proceed alone so they sold a part of their rights to a group of English and French investors. This incorporated the Mersin - Tarsus - Adana Railway (MTA), a French company headquartered in London. The line was quickly constructed, and completed in 1886. The line opened on August 2, 1886. In 1896 the two Turkish men sold all their rights to the company making the MTA fully foreign owned. In 1906 the Deutsche Bank bought the line because the French company could not manage it anymore. After World War I, and the Turkish Independence War, the line was still owned by the Deutsche Bank, but on January 1, 1929 the line met the same fate as the CFOA and was nationalized, and became part of the Chemins de fer d'Anatolie Baghdad Railway, which was a part of the TCDD. TCDD operates the line to this day.

External links

• Trains of Turkey
• Mersin Adana Main Line