Adapazarı Railway Station
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The Adapazarı Railway Station is a train station owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways
(TCDD).The station is the eastern terminus of the Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional Express, a regional train service from Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal to Adapazarı
. The station tracks are electrified with 25 kV overhead lines
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's branch line from Arifiye to Adapazari. TCDD took over the line on June 1, 1927. The tracks were electrified on February 6, 1977.
Turkish State Railways
The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...
(TCDD).The station is the eastern terminus of the Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional Express, a regional train service from Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal to Adapazarı
Adapazari
Adapazarı is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country, known as the Marmara Region. As of 2010, the city has a population of 560,876 ...
. The station tracks are electrified with 25 kV overhead lines
Overhead lines
Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...
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History
The station was built in 1899 with the opening of the CFOAChemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie
The Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie was an Ottoman railway founded on October 4, 1888. The railway was headquartered in İstanbul.The CFOA was the busiest railway in the Ottoman Empire and was one of the two railways operating into İstanbul, along with the Chemins de fer Orientaux...
's branch line from Arifiye to Adapazari. TCDD took over the line on June 1, 1927. The tracks were electrified on February 6, 1977.
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External links
- http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/yolcu/bolgesel.htm
- http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/CFOA
- http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/History