Durak railway station

DURAK
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station
Location İncirgediği Mah. 33400
Tarsus, Mersin
Turkey
Coordinates 37°07′12″N 35°00′07″E / 37.1199°N 35.0020°E / 37.1199; 35.0020Coordinates: 37°07′12″N 35°00′07″E / 37.1199°N 35.0020°E / 37.1199; 35.0020
Owned by Turkish State Railways
Operated by TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Erciyes Express
  Taurus Express
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Yes
History
Opened 27 April 1912
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
toward Kayseri
Erciyes Express
toward Adana
toward Konya
Taurus Express

Durak railway station (Turkish: Durak istasyonu) is a railway station in the Mersin Province of Turkey. Since the station is not near any settlement, it is used mainly as a siding. Durak station was originally opened on 27 April 1912 by the Baghdad Railway. Sitting at the base of the Taurus Mountains, the station was used as a staging point to construct the railway further through the mountains, similar to Ulukışla station.[1] The station house was built in the Turkish Neoclassical style, simillar to the Yenice station house.

TCDD Taşımacılık operates two daily intercity trains from Konya[2] and Kayseri[3] to Adana.

References

  1. ↑ "CIOB - Chemin de Fer Impérial Ottoman de Baghdad". trainsofturkey.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Toros Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Erciyes Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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