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. 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.
Balıkesir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The station building in February 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Cumhuriyet Meydanı, Gümüçşme Mah., 10040 Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.6470°N 27.8883°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Izmir Blue Train | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2016 25 kV AC, 60 Hz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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