Mersin railway station
MERSİN | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Mersin Railway Station from the south east. | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | TCDD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | |||||||||||||||||||
  MERSİN Location within Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
Mersin station (
ilçe (district) of Akdeniz
. The station is in use since 1886.
The railway
The station was built in 1886 to be the western terminus of the 67 km (42 mi) long
Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (Turkish: Osmanlı Anadolu Demiryolları), a subsidiary of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
.
The station
The original station building survives and is used for certain offices. But in 1955 a newer station building has been constructed within the same yard. The station is approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) from the
spur line
to the docks.
Trains
The majority of the trains using Mersin station are
Yenice.[3]
References
- ^ Mersin Adana Tren Saatleri (in Turkish)
- ^ "Timetable" (in Turkish). Gelsinler.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02.
- ^ "The page of railroad administration" (in Turkish). Tcdd.gov.tr.
