Çetinkaya railway station

Çetinkaya station (Turkish: Çetinkaya garı) is a railway station in Çetinkaya, Turkey. The station is located just west of the Çetinkaya junction, where the Çetinkaya-Malatya railway diverges from the Ankara-Kars railway.

ÇETİNKAYA
TCDD intercity and regional rail station
General information
LocationÇetinkaya Bucağı, 58900
Kangal/Sivas
Turkey
Coordinates39.2493°N 37.6078°E / 39.2493; 37.6078
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Southern Express
  Sivas–Divriği
Platforms3 (1 side platform, 2 island platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened1936
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Yeni Kangal
towards Ankara
Lake Van Express Demiriz
towards Tatvan
Southern Express Demiriz
towards Kurtalan
Eastern Express Avşar
towards Kars
Bostankaya
towards Ankara
Eastern Express
(Tourist)
Yeni Kangal
towards Sivas
Sivas–Divriği Avşar
towards Divriği
Kangal
towards Sivas

Çetinkaya station was opened in 1936 by the Turkish State Railways.[1]

The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms servicing three tracks, with a small freight yard of six tracks adjacent to it. TCDD Taşımacılık operates three daily intercity trains from Ankara[2][3][4] (temporarily Irmak) to Kars,[2] Kurtalan,[3] and Tatvan,[4] as well as a thrice daily regional train from Sivas[5] to Divriği.[5]

References

  1. "TCDD History". trainsofturkeyi.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. "Doğu Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. "Van Gölü Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. "Sivas Divriği Treni". seyhat.railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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