Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station

AYRILIK ÇEŞMESİ
TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station
Ayrılık Çeşmesi station with the portal to the Marmaray tunnel in the back.
Location	Dr. Eyüp Aksoy Cd., Rasimpaşa Mah., 34718 Kadıköy/Istanbul Turkey
Coordinates	41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302Coordinates: 41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Line(s)	Marmaray
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Istanbul Metro: at Ayrılık Çeşmesi İETT Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	29 October 2013
Electrified	25 kV AC
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	45,155 Average daily ridership
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station Üsküdar toward Kazlıçeşme Marmaray Terminus   Future service   Üsküdar toward Halkalı Marmaray (2018) Söğütlüçeşme toward Gebze

Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station (Turkish: Ayrılık Çeşmesi istasyonu) is a railway station along the newly built trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The station is located right outside the Asian portal of the tunnel and is the current eastern terminus of the line. The TCDD Taşımacılık operates commuter trains from Ayrılık Çeşmesi to Kazlıçeşme within 6- to 10-minute intervals. Connection to the M4 station of the Istanbul Metro is available.

Ayrılık Çeşmesi saw over 1.5 million boardings in October 2017, making it the second busiest station on the Marmaray line and constituting for 26% of all passenger boardings.^[1]

Layout

Track 1	→ ← Marmaray toward Kazlıçeşme
Island platform
Track 2	→ ← Marmaray toward Kazlıçeşme

Equipment

The railway station features following equipment:^[2]

• 2 entrance and exit gates,
• 4 escalators,
• 1 elevator,
• 1 ticket office,
• 2 ticket vending machines,
• 1 credit loading machine for electronic tickets,
• 14 turnstiles including 2 for physically handicapped people and
• 10 passenger information screens.

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