Konya railway station explained

Konya
Native Name Lang:tr
Type:TCDD Taşımacılık high-speed, intercity and regional rail station
Style:TCDD
Address:Mamuriye Mh., Alay Cd.,
42040 Meram/Konya
Country:Turkey
Line:Eskişehir-Konya railway
Konya-Yenice railway
Polatlı-Konya high-speed railway
Structure:At-grade
Platform:3 (2 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Tracks:5
Parking:Yes
Opened:29 July 1896[1]
Rebuilt:2011
Electrified:2011 (25 kV AC)[2]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Turkish State Railways
Operator:TCDD Taşımacılık

Konya station (Turkish: Konya garı) is an inter-city railway station serving the central anatolian city of Konya. It serves as the southern terminus of the Polatlı–Konya high-speed railway with YHT high-speed trains from Ankara and Istanbul servicing the station. Inter-city trains to Izmir and Adana also terminate at the station. In 2011, the station was expanded, modernized and electrified to accommodate the new YHT high-speed rail service.

The train station will have an operational Konya Metro station in 2023.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFOA History. Trains and Railways of Turkey.
  2. Web site: Invensys commissions ERTMS solution on Turkish High Speed Line . European Railway Review . 20 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106171548/http://www.europeanrailwayreview.com/10456/rail-industry-news/invensys-commissions-ertms-solution-on-turkish-high-speed-line/ . 6 January 2012 . 7 September 2011 . dead .