Istanbul-Uzunköprü Regional

Regional rail in Turkey

Istanbul-Uzunköprü Regional

Overview
Service type| Regional rail
Status| Operating
Locale| Thrace, Turkey
First service| May 1, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-05-01)
Current operator(s)| TCDD Taşımacılık
Former operator(s)| TCDD
Route
Termini| Uzunköprü, Edirne Province
Halkalı, Istanbul Province
Stops| 12
Distance travelled| 243.7 km (151.4 mi)
Average journey time| 3 hours,30 minutes
Service frequency| 1 roundtrip daily
On-board services
Seating arrangements| Coach seating
Technical
Track gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Track owner(s)| Turkish State Railways
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Legend

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Distance

| Station

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| 0 km

0 mi

Istanbul
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| 12.6 km

7.8 mi

Bakırköy
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| 27.6 km

17.1 mi

Halkalı
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| 38.2 km

23.7 mi

Ispartakule
|  |

| 61.7 km

38.3 mi

Çatalca
|  |

|  |  | Istanbul

Tekirdağ
|  |

| 114.8 km

71.3 mi

Çerkezköy
|  |

| 153.9 km

95.6 mi

Çorlu
|  |

| 179.8 km

111.7 mi

Muratlı
|  |

|  |  | Tekirdağ

Kırklareli
|  |

| 195.1 km

121.2 mi

Seyitler
|  |

| 199.3 km

123.8 mi

Karabeyli
|  |

| 212.8 km

132.2 mi

Lüleburgaz
|  |

| 229.4 km

142.5 mi

Alpullu
|  |

| 250.8 km

155.8 mi

Pehlivanköy
|  |

|  |  | Kırklareli

Edirne
|  |

| 271.4 km

168.6 mi

Uzunköprü
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The Uzunköprü-Halkalı Regional (Turkish: Uzunköprü-Halkalı Bölgesel Treni) is a regional rail service operated by the Turkish State Railways. The trains run between Uzunköprü in Edirne Province and Halkalı in Istanbul Province, at Thrace, northwestern Turkey.

The train operates daily on one roundtrip. The train number 12704 departs from Halkalı at 8:30, and the train number 12703 leaves Uzunköprü at 15.40 local time. It serves twelve towns between Uzunköprü and Halkalı, among them Alpullu, Lüleburgaz, Çorlu, Çerkezköy and Çatalca. The total average travel time on the 243.7 km (151.4 mi)-long line is three and half hours in one direction.[1][2][3]

The regional train operates on the historic railway line, which was constructed by French during the Ottoman Empire in the late 1800s, and was used by the Ottoman company Chemins de fer Orientaux between Istanbul and Didymoteicho, then Ottoman territory, serving Halkalı, Uzunköprü and Eskiköy. In 2012, the railway line was closed to traffic due to renovation works. On May 1, 2018, the Uzunköprü-Halkalı Regional train service resumed after six years.[1][2][4]

## Derailment[edit]

On 8 July 2018, the train number 12703 bound Halkalı derailed shortly before Çorlu due to damaged railway structure as a result of heavy rainfall. Five of the six railway cars overturned after derailment. 24 passengers were killed and 318 injured at the accident. The train service was suspended for three days during the recovery operations.[5] The train service resumed on 11 July 2018.[3][5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Halkalı-Uzunköprü Tren Seferleri 1 Mayıs İtibari İle Başladı". Ray Haber (in Turkish). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
2. ^ a b "Halkalı-Uzunköprü tren seferleri başladı". Ulaşım Online (in Turkish). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
3. ^ a b "TCDD Trakya" (in Turkish). TCDD. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
4. ^ "6 yıl sonra ilk tren geldi". Yeni Adalet (in Turkish). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
5. ^ a b "Uzunköprü-Halkalı Tren Seferleri Yeniden Başladı". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 July 2018.

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