Route
The railway passed through the following towns and places, north to south:
- Konya
- Anatolian table lands
- Karaman
- Ereğli
- The foothills of Taurus
- Gülek Pass
- Çukurova plain
- Yenice
- Adana
- Amanus range
- Aleppo
- Nusaybin
- Mosul
- Baghdad
- Basra
The Mersin–Yenice–Adana line existed prior to the construction of the Bagdad railway and was used for the latter in its Yenice–Adana section.
Read more about this topic: Baghdad Railway
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