The Chemins de fer Orientaux was an Ottoman railway company operating in Rumelia and later European Turkey, from 1870 to 1937. The CO was one of the five pioneer railways in the Ottoman Empire and built the main trunk line in the Balkans. Between 1889 and 1937, the railway hosted the world-famous Orient Express.
Karaağaç railway station, built in 1873 by the CO, but no longer used.
Poster from 1898
Locomotive 407 from the CO
Image: Rousse Transport Museum 6
The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey, abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible with the ownership and maintenance of railway infrastructure in Turkey, as well as the planning and construction of new lines. TCDD was formed on 4 June 1929 as part of the nationalisation of railways in Turkey.
YHT high-speed rail service is the railway's premier train service. Here, HT80004 waits to depart the new ATG terminal in Ankara, bound for Konya.
A TCDD HT80000 (Siemens Velaro TR) high-speed train (YHT) in Ankara
A TCDD HT65000 in Eskişehir
A DE22000 series locomotive pulls the Karesi Express into Menemen