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Danube and Black Sea Railway
Tuna-Karadeniz Demiryolu
Overview
Reporting mark	DBSR
Locale	Dobruja; between Constanța and Cernavodă
Dates of operation	1857–1882
Successor	Căile Ferate Române
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	65.34 km (40.60 mi)

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The Danube and Black Sea Railway (Turkish: Tuna-Karadeniz Demiryolu), abbreviated as the DBSR, was an Ottoman railway company operating in Dobruja (present-day Romania) from 1857 to 1882. The 65.34 km (40.60 mi) long railway ran from Köstence, on the Black Sea, to Boğazköy, on the Danube. Established on 2 September 1857, the railway was completed in three years and opened on 4 October 1860, making it the third oldest railway line in the Ottoman Empire, as well as the third oldest railway in present-day Romania. Following the Turkish defeat in the Russo-Turkish War in 1878, the Ottomans ceded Dobruja to the newly-independent Romanian Principalities, thus the DBSR fell under Romanian control. The railway continued to operate as a private company until 1882, when the newly established Romanian Railways bought the DBSR for 1.56 million francs (approx. $8.74 million in 2023), thus nationalizing the railway line.

TCDD Transport operates passenger rail service on the majority of its network.

Current routes

High-speed service

Name	Route	Numbers	Daily round trips	Route kilometers
Yüksek Hızlı Tren	Ankara – Eskişehir – Istanbul	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Ankara – Eskişehir	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Ankara – Konya	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Ankara – Konya – Karaman	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Istanbul – Konya	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Istanbul – Konya – Karaman	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456
	Ankara – Sivas	2100–2290	16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun)	456

Mainline services

Name	Route	Numbers	Frequency	Route kilometers
6th of September Express	İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Bandırma	32001, 32002	Daily
17th of September Express	İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Bandırma	32003, 32004	Daily
Aegean Express	İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir	32011, 72018	Daily
Ankara Express	Istanbul – Eskişehir – Ankara	12002, 22001	Daily	610
Eastern Express	Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Erzincan – Erzurum – Kars	22010, 92009	Daily
Güller Express	İzmir – Aydın – Denizli – Isparta	32013, 72012	Daily
Göller Express	İzmir – Aydın – Denizli – Isparta	32015, 72016	Daily
Pamukkale Express	Eskişehir – Kütahya – Afyonkarahisar – Denizli	72013, 72014	Daily
İzmir Blue Train	İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir – Ankara	22006, 32005	Daily
Konya Blue Train	İzmir – Manisa – Uşak – Afyonkarahisar – Konya	32007, 72008	Daily
Van Lake Express	Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya – Elazığ – Muş – Tatvan	22012, 52011	2x weekly
Southern Kurtalan Express	Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya – Diyarbakır – Batman – Kurtalan	22014, 52013	5x Weekly
4th of September Blue Train	Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya	22018, 52019	2x weekly
Eryies Express	Kayseri – Niğde – Adana	22002, 62001	Daily
Taurus Express	Konya – Karaman – Adana	62005, 62006	Daily