Southern Line (IZBAN)
Southern Line may refer to: * Southern Line (Auckland), a suburban railway line in New Zealand * Southern Line (Cape Town), a suburban railway line in South Africa * Southern Line (Thailand), a railway line * Southern Line (İZBAN) The Southern Line ( tr, Güney hattı) is an electrified commuter rail line running south from Alsancak Terminal in Izmir to Torbalı operated by İZBAN, using trackage owned by the Turkish State Railways. The route services the densely populate ...

Southern Line (Auckland)
The Southern Line in Auckland, New Zealand is the name given to suburban train services that operate between Britomart Transport Centre in central Auckland and Pukekohe via Newmarket. Routing From Britomart to Newmarket, Southern Line services use the Newmarket Line, then follow the North Auckland Line to Westfield Junction, and from thence onto the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) line as far as Pukekohe, the terminus of the Southern Line. In its entirety, this line follows the original 1875 North Island Main Trunk route between central Auckland and Pukekohe. The line, originally single-tracked, was duplicated, piecemeal, between 1909 and 1939. In 1915, the original single-track Parnell tunnel was bypassed by a twin-track tunnel. The older tunnel can be seen alongside the current one, between Parnell station and Newmarket Junction. History In 1930, the Westfield Deviation opened a new eastern route for the NIMT between Auckland and Westfield via Glen Innes. The route betwe ...
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Southern Line (Cape Town)
The Southern Line is a commuter rail line operated by Metrorail Western Cape, connecting Cape Town station in central Cape Town, South Africa with the Southern Suburbs and the towns on the west coast of False Bay, terminating in Simon's Town. History The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build a railway line from Salt River Junction to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December 1864. In 1876 the company was taken over by the Cape Government Railways, and the line, which had originally been built to the standard gauge, was rebuilt to Cape gauge. The extension to Muizenberg opened on 15 December 1882, and a further extension to Kalk Bay on 5 May 1883. The final extension, to the naval base at Simon's Town, opened on 1 December 1890. The line was electrified with overhead catenary in 1928. Operation The line runs on "Cape gauge" track, and is electrified with 3,000 V DC overhead catenary. Service on the line is provided by Electric Multiple Units of Class 5M2A and ...
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Southern Line (Thailand)
Southern Line is a metre-gauge railway line in Thailand, owned by State Railway of Thailand (SRT), which runs through most of the provinces in the Central, Western, and Southern regions of Thailand. At 1,144.29 kilometres in length, it is Thailand's longest railway line. It consists of the Su-ngai Kolok Main Line which stretches from Bangkok Hua Lamphong to Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat Province, in the far south of Thailand, 1,140 kilometres from Bangkok. There are seven branch lines off this main line: # Thon Buri Line # Suphanburi Line which is also the part of Greater Bangkok Commuter rail # Burma Railway (or Nam Tok Line): from Ban Pong to Kanchanaburi Province # Khiri Rat Nikhom Line: from Surat Thani to Khiri Rat Nikhom # Kantang Line: from Thung Song District , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province to Kantang District, Trang Province # Nakhon Si Thammarat Line: 35.01km line from Khao Chum Thong Junction to Nakhon Si Thammarat (km 816.02). # Padang Besar Li ...
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