Gaziray

Gaziray
Overview
Status	Under construction
Owner	Turkish State Railways and Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
Locale	Gaziantep, Turkey
Termini	Başpınar Oduncular
Stations	17
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
Technical
Line length	25 km (16 mi)
Number of tracks	3
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph) (Max)
Route map Distance Station Narlı-Karkamış railway to Narlı Nurdağı-Başpınar railway to Nurdağı 0 Başpınar 0.8 OSB-3 1.8 OSB-4 4.2 Dülük 7.4 Stadyum 8.3 Beylerbeyi 9.2 Fıstıklık 10.9 Selimiye 12.8 Adliye 14.5 Topraklık 15.3 Mücahitler 16.4 Gar 18.4 Göllüce 20.5 Seyrantepe 21.3 Mustafa Yavuz 23.6 Taşlıca Taşlıca yard Narlı-Karkamış railway to Karkamış

Gaziray is a planned commuter rail line, currently under construction, in Gaziantep, Turkey. With an estimated opening date towards the end of 2018, the line will become the fourth commuter rail system in the country, after İZBAN, Marmaray and Başkentray. The system is also a part of major upgrades along the Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep railway corridor.

Background

Gaziray is a joint venture between the Turkish State Railways and the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality to expand the existing right-of-way from a single-track route to a triple-track route, with segregated train traffic, as well as constructing new stations and renovating existing ones. A new 4.8 km (3.0 mi) tunnel, located west of Gaziantep station, is also included within the project. Construction began in March 2016 and was expected to be completed towards the end of 2018, however as of June 2019 the project is 85% complete.

Similar to many other rail-transport systems in Turkey, the name Gaziray is a portmanteau of Gazi from Gaziantep and ray, which is the Turkish word for rail.