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Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station

Coordinates: 41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302
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Ayrılık Çeşmesi
TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station
Ayrılık Çeşmesi station with the portal to the Marmaray tunnel in the back.
General information
LocationDr. Eyüp Aksoy Cd., Rasimpaşa Mah., 34718
Kadıköy/Istanbul
Turkey
Coordinates41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)Marmaray Tunnel
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsIstanbul Metro:
Line M4 at Ayrılık Çeşmesi
Bus transport İETT Bus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened29 October 2013
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
201745,155 Average daily ridership
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Üsküdar
towards Halkalı
Marmaray Söğütlüçeşme
towards Gebze

Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station (Turkish: Ayrılık Çeşmesi istasyonu) is situated along the newly built Trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The station is located right outside the Asian portal of the tunnel and is the current eastern terminus of the line. The TCDD Taşımacılık operates commuter trains from Ayrılık Çeşmesi to Kazlıçeşme within 6- to 10-minute intervals. Connection to the M4 station of the Istanbul Metro is available.

Ayrılık Çeşmesi saw over 1.5 million boardings in October 2017, making it the second busiest station on the Marmaray line and constituting for 26% of all passenger boardings.[1]

Layout

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Track 1 Marmaray toward Zeytinburnu or Halkalı
Island platform Disabled access
Track 2 Marmaray toward Maltepe or Gebze

Equipment

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The railway station features following equipment:[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ Marmaray yolcu istatistiği Archived 2019-08-24 at the Wayback Machine - marmaray.gov.tr
  2. ^ "Ayrılık Çeşmesi" (in Turkish). Marmaray. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-27.