. "100.0"^^ . . . "1873Z"^^ . . . . . . . "281400.0"^^ . . "\u0130stanbul-Pythio railway"@en . "25000.0"^^ . "1873-04-04Z"^^ . "The \u0130stanbul-Pythio railway is the main railway line in Eastern Thrace and is the Turkish State Railways trunk line to Europe. It was built in 1873 as part of the Chemins de fer Orientaux main line between \u0130stanbul and Belgrade. It is 281.4 km (174.9 mi) long. The line is Turkey's only railway connecting to Europe and is an important freight corridor for the country.When it was opened the line fell entirely within the Ottoman Empire."@en . "Operational" . .