The Sümerbank Branch locally referred to as the Gıdıgıdı as in Chug chug (), was a short line railway operating in

Nazilli Nazilli is municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 691 km2, and its population is 162,737 (2022). It is the second-largest city in Aydın Province, after the city of Aydın. It is east of Aydın, on the road to D ...

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. The railway was built in 1937 to shuttle workers at the

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factory to the Nazilli railway station. Sümerbank owned and operated the railway, using a Ruston shunting engine and a single railcar from the

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. The railway was opened along with the Sümerbank factory itself. President

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, along with Prime Minister

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and

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rode into Nazilli on a

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MAN 21-25 railbus from İzmir to open the factory. Their railcar rode into the factory on the shuttle line.Do you know the chug chug?
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References

1980 disestablishments in Turkey Nazilli Railway lines in Turkey Closed railway lines in Turkey Railway lines opened in 1937 1937 establishments in Turkey Railway lines closed in 1980 {{Turkey-transport-stub