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Gaziantep to Mersin High Speed Railway
railway
Cities
Gaziantep
Turkey
Adana
Turkey
Mersin
Turkey
Distance
303km
new
303kmrehabilitated
– kmexisting
– kmCost
$0.9b
$930,000,000
Phases
underConstruction, 2027
Objective
Description
A transformative 286km electric railway network in southern Turkiye, connecting major cities through a high-speed, low-carbon routeHistory
The existing railways were constructed between 1886 and 1953. The Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway constructed the oldest part of the route, building the line between Mersin and Adana between 1885 and 1886. The Baghdad Railway bought the MTA Railway in 1906 and expanded the railway further east to Aleppo, between 1908 and 1912 and further to Nusaybin by 1918Finance
$930000000 loan
UK Export Finance
Bank
Operators
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey
Company
Contractors
Rönesans Holding
Company