Railway professionals in Turkey have been suffering from railway construction works for a long time. “Can we reach to”, “When will it open” are the most frequently asked questions especially in last 2 years.
The ones especially handling international traffic have great difficulties in explaining the restrictions due to construction works.
Thus, Rail Turkey presents the full up-to-date closure program of TCDD showing the construction work points on Turkish railway map:
Map of Railway Closures in Turkey, Illustration: Rail Turkey
| Line | Deadline | Schedule | |
| a | Cerkezkoy-Muratli-Alpullu | Unknown | Closed between 08:00-17:00 |
| b | Halkali-Cerkezkoy | Unknown | Completely closed |
| c | Kazlicesme-Halkali | Unknown | Completely closed |
| d | Haydarpasa-Derince | Unknown | Completely closed |
| e | Kosekoy-Arifiye | Unknown | Completely closed |
| f | Arifiye-Pamukova-Bozuyük | Unknown | Closed between 07:00-18:00 |
| g | Kutahya-Eskisehir | 16.05.2014 | Closed between 14:15-17:15 |
| h | Kutahya-Degirmisaz | 16.05.2014 | Closed between 08:30-17:30 |
| i | Gokcedag-Nusrat | Unknown | Closed between Monday 18:00 – Saturday 06:00 |
| j | Savastepe-Sogucak | 12.06.2014 | Closed Mon-Thu 19:00-07:00, Fri-Sun 21:40-04:20 |
| k | Alayunt-Afyon | Unknown | Closed between 08:30-19:30 |
| l | Afyon-Cay | 13.06.2014 | Closed between 08:00-16:00 |
| m | Bozkurt-Dinar | Unknown | Completely closed |
| n | Sultandagi-Argithan | 16.05.2014 | Closed between 08:30-12:00 and 13:00-16:00 |
| o | Eskisehir-Hasanbey | Unknown | Open between 21:00-23:00 and 04:00-06:00 |
| p | Yalinli-Beylikkopru | 10.09.2014 | Closed between 08:00-16:00 |
| q | Ulku-Cankiri | 31.12.2014 | 3 days closed, 2 days open |
| r | Filyos-Karabuk | 31.08.2014 | Closed between 08:00-18:00 |
| s | Zonguldak-Filyos | 31.08.2014 | Closed between 09:00-16:30 |
| t | Samsun-Ladik | 14.08.2014 | Closed between 09:30-15:00 |
| u | Ulukisla-Gumus | 31.12.2014 | Closed between 12:00-17:00 |
| v | Beyoglu-Fevzipasa | 25.05.2014 | Closed between 06:00-14:00 |
| x | Alp-Erzincan-Demirkapi | 29.08.2014 | Closed between 08:40-17:45 |
| y | Koprukoy-Horasan-Sarikamis | 25.07.2014 | One section closed between 09:00-12:30, other 16:00- 20:00 |
| z | Tatvan – Bahcetepe | Unknown | Closed between 08:00-16:00 |
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