The Cenup Demiryolları (, ) was the name of the railway operating former

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from 1933 to 1948. ''Cenup'' is another word for ''south'' in Turkish.

History

The Chemins de fer de Cilicie Nord-Syrie (CNS), one of the two successors to the

, operated lines in the newly formed Turkish Republic. The CNS was a French owned company that operated mainly in

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. In 1927 the CNS was renamed Bozanti-Alep-Nissibine et Prolongements (BANP). The Turkish government and the BANP signed an agreement in

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on October 27, 1932. The agreement was that routes of the BANP in the Turkish borders would be sold to a Turkish company. Cenup Demiryolları or the Southern Railways was formed on April 27, 1933. The BANP was taken over by the Damas, Hamah et Prolongements (DHP) the same year. In 1937 TCDD took over the Toprakkale- Payas and Fevzipaşa- Meydiankebez lines. The CD then operated only from Al-Rai to

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. TCDD absorbed the CD completely in 1948.

References

{{coord missing, Turkey Railway companies of Turkey Defunct companies of Turkey Defunct railway companies Syria–Turkey border Railway companies established in 1933 1933 establishments in Turkey 1948 disestablishments in Turkey