Balıkesir railway station

Balıkesir station (Turkish: Balıkesir Garı) is the main railway station in Balıkesir, Turkey. The station was built in 1912 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway as part of their railway from Manisa to Bandırma. TCDD Taşımacılık operates four daily intercity trains, two of which terminate at Balıkesir.[1][2][3] The stations consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. A freight yard is adjacent to the platforms, but will be decommissioned and the station ground will be used solely for passenger trains.[4]

Balıkesir
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station
The station building in February 2003.
LocationCumhuriyet Meydanı, Gümüçşme Mah., 10040
Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir
Turkey
Coordinates39.6470°N 27.8883°E / 39.6470; 27.8883
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Izmir Blue Train
  Karesi Express
  6 Sept. Express
  17 Sept. Express
  Aegean Express
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened1912
Electrified2016
25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
toward İzmir
Izmir Blue Train
Mezitler
toward Ankara
6 Sept. Express
toward Bandırma
17 Sept. Express
Karesi ExpressTerminus
TerminusAegean Express
Çandır
toward Kütahya

References
  1. "İzmir Mavi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "6 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Karesi Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. Uysal, Onur (16 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy lojistik merkezi bugün açılıyor". railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.


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