Kazlıçeşme railway station

KAZLIÇEŞME
TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station
Coordinates Coordinates: 40°59′34″N 28°55′00″E / 40.9927°N 28.9168°E / 40.9927; 28.9168
Owned by Turkish State Railways
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 22 July 1872
Closed March–October 2013
Rebuilt 1955, 2013
Electrified 1955
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 19,863 Average daily ridership[1]
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
TerminusMarmaray
  Future service  
toward Halkalı
Marmaray (2018)
toward Gebze
Former services
Preceding station   Turkish State Railways   Following station
toward Halkalı
Istanbul suburban
toward Sirkeci

Kazlıçeşme station (Turkish: Kazlıçeşme istasyonu) is a railway station in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul along the Istanbul suburban railway. The original station was opened on 22 July 1872 by the Oriental Railway (CO). The Turkish State Railways took over the CO in 1937 and rebuilt Kazlıçeşme in 1955 for the opening of the new Istanbul commuter railway service. On 1 March 2013 the 1955 station was closed down and demolished shortly after, while a new station was built right next to it. This new station was built for Istanbul's new Marmaray commuter railway line. On 29 October 2013 the new Kazlıçeşme station was opened along with 4 other stations along the trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. Kazlıçeşme is the current western terminus of the line while trains run east to Ayrılık Çeșmesi, on the other side of the Bosphorus.

Layout

Track 1 Marmaray toward Ayrılık Çeşmesi
Island platform
Track 2 Marmaray toward Ayrılık Çeşmesi
Track 3 Toward Sirkeci Terminal

Equipment

The railway station features following equipment:[2]

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

References

  1. Marmaray yolcu istatistiği - marmaray.gov.tr
  2. "Kazlıçeşme" (in Turkish). Marmaray. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
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