Balıkesir railway station

Balıkesir station (Turkish: Balıkesir Garı) is the main railway station in Balıkesir, Turkey. The station was built in 1912 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway as part of their railway from Manisa to Bandırma. TCDD Taşımacılık operates four daily intercity trains, two of which terminate at Balıkesir.[1][2][3] The stations consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. A freight yard is adjacent to the platforms, but will be decommissioned and the station ground will be used solely for passenger trains.[4]

Balıkesir
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station
The station building in February 2003.
General information
LocationCumhuriyet Meydanı, Gümüçşme Mah., 10040
Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir
Turkey
Coordinates39.6470°N 27.8883°E / 39.6470; 27.8883
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Izmir Blue Train
  Karesi Express
  6 Sep Express
  17 Sep Express
  Aegean Express
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened1912
Electrified2016
25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Gökköy
towards İzmir
 Izmir Blue Train Mezitler
towards Ankara
6 Sep Express Yeniköy
towards Bandırma
17 Sep Express
Karesi Express Terminus
Terminus Aegean Express Çandır
towards Eskişehir

References
  1. "İzmir Mavi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "6 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Karesi Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. Uysal, Onur (16 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy lojistik merkezi bugün açılıyor". railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.


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