Classic route
Toros Ekspresi
Konya → Adana · Türkiye
Heir to the Taurus Express of Agatha Christie fame: down the Cilician Gates on Baghdad Railway engineering to the cotton plains of Adana.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 19203227 (102 km), relation 19709544 (108 km), 209 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: TCDD Taşımacılık, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Toros Ekspresi?
The Toros Ekspresi runs 360 km from Konya to Adana.
How long does the Toros Ekspresi take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 6 h for the 360 km. That is an average of 60 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Toros Ekspresi?
TCDD Taşımacılık, with TCDD express.
How old is the Toros Ekspresi?
The line has been in service since 1918. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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