The scope, route, stops, targets and history of Samsun-Kalin railway of which modernization works continue:
Project overview
Owner: Transport Ministry/Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Project cost: EUR 258.8 mn
Contractor: Çelikler – Gülermak – AZD Praha
Duration: 900 days
Target commission date: 9/2018
Cover Photo: Onur Uysal ©
Wow! That’s an ambitious project! Success to Turkish Railways!
Map shows westward extensions from Samsun Gar to Çarşamba and the industrial park. Will these be reopened or should they be deleted from the map?
Duh – eastward
it’s already open now..
Thanks for quick reply – you are right that the tramway from Samsun Gar through the industrial park to Tekkeköy is running now and is being extended to the airport. But as far as I know the train line to Çarşamba has been disused for some time.
Yes, but not due to Samsun-Kalin project.
By “open”, I mean there exists a line and no engineering works on that line.
There is most probably no traffic because it would be inefficient to run locos on that closed network with that little traffic.