Railway Links With Adjacent Countries
- Armenia - closed since 1993 (see the Kars Gyumri Akhalkalaki railway line)
- Azerbaijan - no direct link - break-of-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)/1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) via Georgia under construction.
- Bulgaria - open - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- Greece - open - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- Georgia - under reconstruction - break-of-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)/1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in).
- Iran - via Lake Van train ferry - same gauge
- Iraq - no direct link, traffic routed via Syria - same gauge
- Syria - open - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
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