Ali Çetinkaya railway station explained

Ali Çetinkaya railway station should not be confused with Çetinkaya railway station.

ALİ ÇETİNKAYA
Type:TCDDT inter-city and regional rail station
Style:TCDD
Address:İstasyon Cd., Ali Çetinkaya Mah., 03200
Borough:Afyonkarahisar
Country:Turkey
Owned:Turkish State Railways
Operator:TCDD Taşımacılık
Line:Eskişehir-Konya railway
İzmir-Afyon railway
Afyon-Karakuyu railway
Polatlı-İzmir high-speed railway
(Under construction)
Platforms:2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks:3
Structure:At-grade
Parking:Yes
Architectural Style:Art Deco
Status:Open
Rebuilt:1939
Original:Anatolian Railway
Mapframe:yes

Ali Çetinkaya railway station (Turkish: Ali Çetinkaya garı) is the main railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The station is one of Afyon's two railway stations, the other being Afyonkarahisar Şehir railway station. Ali Çetinkaya station was built in 1895 by the Anatolian Railway as part of their main line between Istanbul and Konya. The Turkish State Railways acquired the Anatolian Railway in 1927. In 1936 the State Railways connected the two station together with the opening of the Afyon-Karakuyu line. The station was rebuilt with a station building half the size of the one in Ankara and inaugurated on July 18, 1939, by president İsmet İnönü and Minister of Transport Ali Çetinkaya. Ali Çetinkaya station was always the busier station of the two and after 1939 all railway traffic in Afyon was handled from this station. When Ali Çetinkaya died in 1949, the station was renamed in his honor.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/Stations/AfyonAliCetinkaya Afyon Cetinkaya Station History