İzmit railway station

İZMİT
TCDD railway station

Izmit railway station in 2011 before renovation.
Location Kozluk Mh., İstasyon Cd.,
41200 İzmit/Kocaeli, Turkey
Coordinates 40°45′43″N 29°55′02″E / 40.761896°N 29.917224°E / 40.761896; 29.917224
Owned by TCDD
Line(s) Istanbul–Ankara railway
Platforms 3
Tracks 7
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code 1570
History
Opened 1 August 1873[1]
Rebuilt 1976-77, 2012-14
Electrified 6 February 1977
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 912,500 Increase 18%

Izmit railway station is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, Turkey. The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue.

Izmit station was first opened on 1 August 1873 by the Ottoman government as part of the Constantinope-Izmit railway. The line was then sold to the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) in 1880, which continued to build the line east to Ankara. The Turkish State Railways took over the railway and the station in 1927.

Service

Previous Turkish State Railways Next
Gebze
Toward Istanbul
Yüksek Hızlı Tren
Arifiye
Toward Ankara
Arifiye
Toward Konya
Ada Express
Sapanca
Toward Arifiye

References

  1. ↑ CFOA History - Trains and Railways of Turkey
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