{"id":66176,"date":"2026-04-14T03:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/66176\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:27:09","slug":"turkiye-restores-strategic-railway-corridor-along-syrian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/66176\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye restores strategic railway corridor along Syrian border"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\u00fcrkiye reopened a strategic 350-kilometer (217-mile) railway corridor stretching along the Syrian border to freight traffic following an infrastructure overhaul after 13 years of deferred maintenance, aiming to integrate the nation\u2019s southeast into a broader global trade network, a top official announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uralo\u011flu said the route includes the 325-kilometer Karkam\u0131\u015f-Nusaybin and the 25-kilometer \u015eenyurt-Mardin lines.<\/p>\n

The route resumed train operations on March 31 after its first comprehensive rehabilitation in over a decade. Routine maintenance and repairs along the border route were suspended from 2011 to 2024, so the project turned into a complete reconstruction as it required more than basic upkeep.<\/p>\n

Engineers rebuilt track and station foundations, installed new drainage systems to prevent flood damage, and reinforced \u2060750 meters (0.46 miles) of unstable ground.<\/p>\n

Uralo\u011flu stated that workers replaced more than 2,500 girders across various bridges and culverts to ensure the route could handle heavy freight, while also implementing critical structural upgrades to the Karkam\u0131\u015f Bridge.<\/p>\n

The minister said the project is not merely a restoration of the rail corridor but an essential modernization effort to ensure T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n

The newly rehabilitated border tracks will serve as a link in the Development Road project.<\/p>\n

The restored Karkam\u0131\u015f-Nusaybin and \u015eenyurt-Mardin lines are slated to directly support the planned Ovak\u00f6y-Nusaybin railway, an upcoming transit corridor connecting the Persian Gulf to European markets via overland routes through Iraq and T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n

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