İzmit railway station explained

İZMİT
Type:TCDD Taşımacılık high-speed and regional rail station
Style:TCDD
Address:Kozluk Mh., İstasyon Cd.,
41200 İzmit/Kocaeli, Turkey
Coordinates:40.7619°N 29.9172°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:3
Tracks:7
Parking:Yes
Opened:1 August 1873[1]
Rebuilt:1976–77, 2012–14
Electrified:6 February 1977
Accessible:Yes
Code:1570
Owned:TCDD
Passengers:912,500 18%
Pass Year:2009
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes

Izmit station (Turkish: İzmit garı) is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, Turkey. The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue.

Izmit station was first opened on 1 August 1873 by the Ottoman government as part of the Constantinople-Izmit railway. The line was then sold to the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) in 1880, which continued to build the line east to Ankara. The Turkish State Railways took over the railway and the station in 1927.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/CFOA CFOA History