Decauville railway Narès–Inglis–Topçin–Vatiluk

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Decauville railway Narès–Inglis–Topçin–Vatiluk
La ligne de chemin de fer Decauville Narès-Inglis-Topçin-Vatiluk ravin de Vatiluk, (décembre 1916).png
Bridge over the Vatiluk Gorge<
Technical
Line length30–35 km (19–22 mi)
Track gauge600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Route map

Routes de Macédoine Service topographique btv1b84590504 1(High Res).jpg
Route on 1 January 1918

Legend
 Narès
now Nea Filadelfeia (Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια)
 Bumardza
now Bougaríevo (Μπουγαρίεβο)
 Sari-Omer
(Σαρή Ομέρ)
 Inglis
Topçin
now Gefyra
 Vatiluk
now Vathylakkos (Βαθύλακκος)

The Decauville railway Narès–Inglis–Topçin–Vatiluk was around 1916 a 30–35 km (19–22 mi) long narrow-gauge military railway near Thessaloniki in Greece with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)

Route[]

The 30–35 km (19–22 mi) long semicircular narrow gauge network with a track gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) from Narès (now Nea Filadelfeia, Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια) via Bumardza (now , Μπουγαρίεβο), Sari-Omer (Σαρή Ομέρ), Inglis (now , Αγχίαλος) and Topçin (now Gefyra, Γέφυρα) to Vatiluk (now Vathylakkos, Βαθύλακκος).[1]

  • Near Topçin, June 1916

  • Inglis station

  • Tents

  • Station, Dec. 1916

  • Decauville loco

References[]

  1. ^ Vatiluk (Kadikjöј). In: Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary, around 1910.

Coordinates: 40°45′50″N 22°42′00″E / 40.7640°N 22.7000°E / 40.7640; 22.7000

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