Sarıkamış station is a railway station in the town of Sarıkamış, Turkey. The station is serviced by the Eastern Express, operated by the Turkish State Railways, running between Istanbul and Kars.[1] The station was built in 1913 with broad gauge tracks by the Russian Empire. The tracks were converted into standard gauge in 1962.
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Location | Kars-Sarıkamış Yolu, Sarıkamış, Turkey | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°12′03″N 42°20′37″E / 40.200857°N 42.343596°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | TCDD | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Eastern Express | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Status | In Operation | |||||||||||||||
Station code | 4636 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1913 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1962 | |||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ TCDD Timetables - Eastern Express timetable, August 20, 2010