Çerkezköy railway station
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| Location | İstasyon Cd. 64, İstasyon Mah., 59500 Çerkezköy/Tekirdağ Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°16′45″N 27°00′38″E / 39.2792°N 27.0106°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | TCDD intercity and regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Istanbul–Kapıkule | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 April 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2016 25 kV AC, 60 Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Çerkezköy railway station is a railway station in Çerkezköy, Turkey. TCDD Taşımacılık operates three daily (four in summer months) trains, from Istanbul, that stop at the station. Two of these trains are international trains to Sofia, Bulgaria and Bucharest, Romania, the latter being seasonal.[1] The other two trains are regional services to Kapıkule and Istanbul.[2]
Çerkezköy has two platforms serving three tracks. Adjacent to the platforms are a small freight yard, which handles traffic from the nearby logistics facility.
The station was originally opened in 1873 by the Oriental Railway as part of their railway from Istanbul to Vienna.[3]
Between 1991 and March 2013 the Balkan Express, (an international overnight InterCity sleeper train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD), Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ), Serbian Railways (ŽS) and Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) linking Istanbul's Sirkeci station, Turkey and Budapest Keleti station, via Sofia, Bulgaria and Belgrade, Serbia, made scheduled stops at Çerkezköy.
Images
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The station platforms.
References
- ^ "Uluslararası Trenler". tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Istanbul-Kapıkule". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "CO History". trainsofturkey.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.