Cankurtaran railway station
CANKURTARAN | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Şadırvan Sk., Cankurtaran Mah. 34122 Fatih/Istanbul Turkey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°00′20″N 28°58′58″E / 41.0055°N 28.9829°E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Istanbul-Pythion railway | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | July 22, 1872 (Chemins de fer Orientaux)[1] December 4, 1955 (Istanbul suburban) | ||||||||||||
Closed | August 12, 2013[2] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC (December 4, 1955) | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2016 | 0 0% | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
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Cankurtaran is an railway station on the Istanbul suburban, in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the neighborhood of Cankurtaran in the historic peninsula of İstanbul. The station is located on Şadırvan Street. Cankurtaran is just a block north of Kennedy Boulevard, along with the shoreline and a few blocks south of the Hagia Sophia and the Imperial Gate to the Topkapı Palace. The station was built in 1955 by the Turkish State Railways to be used by commuter trains operating between Sirkeci and Halkalı.[3]
Cankurtaran is located 2.1 km (1.3 mi) from Sirkeci Terminal. Cankurtaran was indefinitely closed in 2013 due to the rehabilitation and construction of the new Marmaray line. Station reopened in 2024 as part of the T6 (Istanbul Tram).
Places of interest
The Ahırkapı Lighthouse, a historical lighthouse that is still in use, is in walking distance on the Kennedy Avenue at the coast of Marmara Sea.
References
- ^ "CO lines opening dates". www.trainsofturkey.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "As of August 12, 2013, Istanbul-Yedikule suburban trains will not be operated". TCDD. August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Milliyet - 4 December 1955
External links
- İstanbul-Halkalı Line Timetables - Westbound
- İstanbul-Halkalı Line Timetables - Eastbound