Tarsus railway station

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Tarsus station (Turkish: Tarsus İstasyonu) is a railway station in the city of Tarsus. Tarsus is a city in Mersin Province, Turkey (population 350,000 as of 2022).[1]

TARSUS
TCDD regional rail station
The station building.
General information
LocationKarden Langen Blv., Yeşilyurt Mah., Tarsus 33410
Tarsus
Turkey
Coordinates36°55′15″N 34°53′08″E / 36.92083°N 34.88556°E / 36.92083; 34.88556
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)TCDD Taşımacılık:
Adana-Mersin Regional
Mersin-İsalahiye Regional
Mersin-İskenderun Regional
Platforms2 (1 island platform, 1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened2 August 1886 (1886-08-02)
Rebuilt1949
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Huzurkent
towards Mersin
Mersin–İslahiye Yenice
towards İslahiye
Mersin–İskenderun Yenice
towards İskenderun
Mersin–Adana Yenice
towards Adana
Location
TARSUS is located in Turkey
TARSUS
TARSUS
Location within Turkey

The station

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The station was built in 1886 to be one of the four intermediate stations on the 67 kilometres (42 mi) long Adana–Mersin Railway Line (others being Zeytinli, Yenice and Taşkent). It became a part of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway in 1911. This increased the traffic of the station. After the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed in 1923, Turkish government began the railway nationalization project. According to act no.1376 (Jan. 5, 1929) Adana-Mersin railway was also absorbed by the Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (Turkish: Osmanlı Anadolu Demiryolları), a subsidiary of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). Presently the number of intermediate stations is 9.

The station building

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The original station building no longer exists. The present station building was built in 1949. The building is symmetrical. The tollbooths are in the central section.[2]

Services

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The majority of trains using Tarsus station are freight trains. The main passenger service is between Mersin and Adana, 23 times daily, all of which stop at Tarsus.[3] Some of these trains connect with main line trains at Yenice, the next station east of Tarsus.

References

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  1. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ A report on Adana Mersin line stations (in Turkish) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Timetable (in Turkish)