Kars Terminal is the last big terminal in northeast of Turkey. There’s a railway connection to Armenia which is kept closed. There’s another connection to Georgia-Azerbaijan which is under construction. Kars Terminal is expected to play important role after opening of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.

General Information

Station code is 04994 – 0
Open to freight traffic
Open to international traffic
Weighbridge exists
Loading gauge meter exists

Location

Sidings

There are 12 lines at the terminal
3 sidings for handling (120+332 m long)

Storage

45485 sqm open storage area
660 sqm covered storage area

Distance to Borders

Kapıkule / Svilengrad (BG) : 1962 km
Uzunköprü / Phytion (GR) : 1924 km
Kapıköy / Razi (IR) : 1376 km
Nusaybin / Kamichli (SYR) : 1471 km *
Islahiye / M.Ekbez (SYR) : 1076 km *
Çobanbey (SYR) : 1202 km *
Doğu Kapı (AM) : 64 km *
Ahılkelek/Akhalkalaki (GE) : 105 km **

* Rail border crossings to Syria and Armenia are closed
** Border crossing to Georgia is under construction

Contacts

TCDD Tel: +90 474 223 38 69

Cover photo: Onur Uysal