Diyarbakır railway station

Diyarbakır railway station (Turkish: Diyarbakır garı) is the main railway station in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey. TCDD Taşımacılık operates the Southern Kurtalan Express to Ankara[1] or Kurtalan[1] and a daily regional train to Batman.

DİYARBAKIR
TCDD intercity and regional rail station
The Art Deco station building in 2010.
Locationİstasyon Cd., Şehitlik Mah. 21010
Yenişehir/Diyarbakır
Turkey
Coordinates37.9136°N 40.2160°E / 37.9136; 40.2160
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Southern Express
  Diyarbakır-Batman
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingLocated in front of station building.
Architectural styleArt Deco
History
OpenedNovember 1935
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
Geyik
toward Ankara
Southern Express
Ulam
toward Kurtalan
TerminusDiyarbakır-Batman
Bozdemir
toward Batman

The station was built by the Turkish State Railways in 1935 as part of the railway from Fevzipaşa.[2] The station building was built in the Art Deco style, similar to the station buildings of Sivas, Manisa and Malatya.[3]

Diyarbakır station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. A freight yard is also present on the station grounds.

See also

References
  1. "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. As, Erdal (2013). Cumhuriyet Dönemi Ulaşım Politikaları (in Turkish). Ankara: Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi. p. 108.
  3. Erdoğan, Hacı Abdullah; Başar, Mehmet Emin (September 2009). "Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye'de Tren Garları" (in Turkish): 38. Retrieved 22 October 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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