Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station

AFYON ALİ ÇETİNKAYA

The front facade of the station
Coordinates 38°27′18″N 30°19′51″E / 38.455118°N 30.330851°E / 38.455118; 30.330851
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code 7502
History
Opened 1895
Rebuilt 1939

Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station is the main railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The station is one of Afyon's two railway stations, the other being Afyon City railway station. Ali Çetinkaya station was built in 1895 by the Anatolian Railway as part of their main line between İstanbul and Konya. The Turkish State Railways acquired the Anatolian Railway in 1927. In 1936 the State Railways connected the two station together with the opening of the Afyon-Karakuyu line. The station was rebuilt with a station building half the size of the one in Ankara and inaugurated on July 18, 1939 by president İsmet İnönü and Minister of Transport Ali Çetinkaya. Ali Çetinkaya station was always the busier station of the two and after 1939 all railway traffic in Afyon was handled from this station. When Ali Çetinkaya died in 1949, the station was renamed in his honor.[1]

Service

Previous Turkish State Railways Next
Balmahmut
Toward Izmir
Konya Blue Train
Büyükçobanlar
Toward Konya
Izmir Blue Train
Gazlıgöl
Toward Ankara
Tınaztepe
Toward Denizli
Pamukkale Express
Terminus
Eskişehir-Afyon Regional

References

  1. ↑ Afyon Cetinkaya Station History Archived January 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. - trainsofturkey.com
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