Muratlı–Tekirdağ railway

The Muratlı-Tekirdağ railway (Turkish: Muratlı-Tekirdağ demiryolu) is a 31 km (19 mi) long electrified, double-track railway in East Thrace, Turkey. The railway connects the Istanbul-Pythio railway in Muratlı to the port city of Tekirdağ on the Sea of Marmara.

Muratlı-Tekirdağ railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Turkish State Railways
Locale	East Thrace
Termini	Muratlı Tekirdağ
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	TCDD Taşımacılık
Operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
History
Opened	31 August 2010
Technical
Line length	31 km (19 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)

Construction of the railway began in 2007 and it was opened on 31 August 2010 by then-Minister of Transportation Binali Yıldırım as a single-track non-electrified railway.^[1] The route was later double-tracked and electrified in 2013.^[2]

Although passenger service was operated for a short period between 2010 and 2012, the route is primarily a freight railway - connecting the Port of Tekirdağ to the national railway network.