Ali Çetinkaya railway station

Ali Çetinkaya railway station (Turkish: Ali Çetinkaya garı) is the main railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The station is one of Afyon's two railway stations, the other being Afyonkarahisar Şehir railway station. Ali Çetinkaya station was built in 1895 by the Anatolian Railway as part of their main line between Istanbul 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]

ALİ ÇETİNKAYA
TCDDT inter-city and regional rail station
General information
Locationİstasyon Cd., Ali Çetinkaya Mah., 03200
Afyonkarahisar
Turkey
Coordinates38°45′50″N 30°33′08″E / 38.7640°N 30.5523°E / 38.7640; 30.5523
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)Eskişehir-Konya railway
İzmir-Afyon railway
Afyon-Karakuyu railway
Polatlı-İzmir high-speed railway
(Under construction)
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Architectural styleArt Deco
Other information
StatusOpen
History
Opened4 August 1895 (1895-08-04)
Rebuilt1939
Original companyAnatolian Railway
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Balmahmut
towards İzmir
Konya Blue Train Büyükçobanlar
towards Konya
Tınaztepe
towards Denizli
Pamukkale Express Gazlıgöl
towards Eskişehir
Terminus Eskişehir–Afyon
Future service
Uşak
towards Alsancak
Yüksek Hızlı Tren Polatlı YHT
towards Ankara
Location
Map

References

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  1. ^ Afyon Cetinkaya Station History Archived January 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machinetrainsofturkey.com