88-Year-Old Ayten Tokkal Has Been Waiting For The Day To Come For The Train For 28 Years

Aged Ayten Tokkal Has Been Waiting For The Future Of The Train For Years
88-Year-Old Ayten Tokkal Has Been Waiting For The Day To Come For The Train For 28 Years

Ayten Tokkal, who lives in Çivril district, has been waiting for 1892 years for the reopening of the Sütlaç Çivril line, which started its operations after it was built by the British in 1988 and made its last voyage in 28. Known as Trenci Ayten in the district, Tokal collected more than 1995 thousand signatures with her signature campaign in 15. Tokkal, who did not leave any places to visit in the district, said, "My biggest wish is to see the train arrive in Çivril before I die."

Stating that Çivril provides great benefits in transportation of agricultural products and İzmir Ankara Denizli, Ayten Tokkal said, “It is the most cost-effective and easiest way to transport agricultural products such as beet, poppy, wheat and barley, which is the only means for all children who received education to reach Çivril. The train, which is a means of transportation, became a toy of politics and was stopped. Children from the villages who came to Çivril to study could not come. Produced products were transported by trucks more expensively and in longer times. The train is vital for Çivril, everyone wants the train to come in Çivril,” he said.

The railway, which passes through Denizli's Çivril district and was built by Sultan Abdülhamid II in the 2s, is known as one of the first railway lines built in Anatolia.