Kazlıçeşme railway station

KAZLIÇEŞME
TCDD railway station
Coordinates	Coordinates: 40°59′34″N 28°55′00″E / 40.9927°N 28.9168°E / 40.9927; 28.9168
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Line(s)	Marmaray
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	22 July 1872
Closed	March–October 2013
Rebuilt	1955, 2013
Electrified	1955
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	18,226 Average daily ridership[1]

Kazlıçeşme is a railway station in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul along the Istanbul suburban railway. The original station was opened on 22 July 1872 by the Oriental Railway (CO). The Turkish State Railways took over the CO in 1937 and rebuilt Kazlıçeşme in 1955 for the opening of the new Istanbul commuter railway service. On 1 March 2013 the 1955 station was closed down and demolished shortly after, while a new station was built right next to it. This new station was built for Istanbul's new Marmaray commuter railway line. On 29 October 2013 the new Kazlıçeşme station was opened along with 4 other stations along the trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. Kazlıçeşme is the current western terminus of the line while trains run east to Ayrılık Çeșmesi, on the other side of the Bosphorus.

Layout

Track 1	→ Marmaray toward Ayrılık Çeşmesi →
Island platform
Track 2	→ Marmaray toward Ayrılık Çeşmesi →
Track 3	→ Toward Sirkeci Terminal →

Equipment

The railway station features following equipment:^[2]

• 2 entrance and exit gates,
• 2 escalators,
• 1 elevator,
• 2 ticket offices,
• 1 ticket vending machine,
• 1 credit loading machine for electronic tickets,
• 8 turnstiles including 2 for physically handicapped people and
• 10 passenger information screens.

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