Yenice railway station explained

YENİCE
Type:TCDD intercity and regional rail station
Style:TCDD
Address:Atatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin
Country:Turkey
Map Type:Turkey
Line:TCDD Taşımacılık:
Taurus Express
Erciyes Express
Mersin-Adana Regional
Mersin-İslahiye Regional
Mersin-İskenderun Regional
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks:3
Rebuilt:1995
Code:6633
Owned:Turkish State Railways

Yenice station (Turkish: Yenice Garı) is a railway station in Yenice, Mersin. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.[1]

Historical Importance

See main article: Yenice Conference. Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station during the Second World War. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.

Notes and References

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