Yenice railway station

YENİCE
TCDD intercity and regional rail station
Yenice Station
Location Atatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin
Turkey
Coordinates 36°58′27″N 35°03′11″E / 36.974204°N 35.053178°E / 36.974204; 35.053178
Owned by Turkish State Railways
Line(s) TCDD Taşımacılık:
Taurus Express
Erciyes Express
Mersin-Adana Regional
Mersin-İslahiye Regional
Mersin-İskenderun Regional
Platforms 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code 6633
History
Opened 2 August 1886 (2 August 1886)
Rebuilt 1995
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
toward Kayseri
Erciyes Express
toward Adana
toward Konya
Taurus Express
toward Adana
toward Mersin
Mersin-İslahiye
toward İslahiye
Mersin-İskenderun
toward İskenderun
Mersin-Adana
toward Adana
Location
YENİCE
Location within Turkey

Yenice station (Turkish: Yenice Garı) is a railway station in Yenice, Mersin. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.[1]

Historical Importance

Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.

References

  1. ↑ MTA History


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