Menemen railway station

Menemen Railway Station TCDD
The front of the station.
Station statistics
Lines	İzmir Mavi Train Karesi Express 6th of September Express 17th of September Express Alsancak-Uşak Regional Aegean Express
Connections	ESHOT Bus Service
Structure	At-grade
Levels	1
Platforms	3
Tracks	7
Parking	Yes
Baggage check	Available for İzmir Mavi Train and Karesi Express
Other information
Opened	1866
Electrified	2001 (25 kV AC)
Accessible
Owned by	TCDD, İZBAN
Station status	In Operation
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	1,044,191 (İZBAN)

The Menemen railway station (Turkish: Menemen Garı) is a train station in Menemen. The station is served by the Turkish State Railways, the national rail carrier of Turkey. The station is serviced by 6 trains daily. Northbound trains go to either Bandırma, Ankara, Afyon or Uşak and southbound trains all go to Alsancak Terminal in İzmir^[1]. North of the station, the double track branch line to Aliağa splits from the main line, which becomes single track. The original station was built in 1866 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway^[2].

History

The station was opened in 1866, by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway (SCP). A passenger train from Basmane Terminal in İzmir served the station to Bandırma and Uşak, then Afyon. The Republic of Turkey was formed in 1923 and the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) were formed in 1927 to nationalize Turkey's railways. SCP was absorbed by TCDD on June 1, 1934. TCDD rebuilt the station and broadened the tracks in 1938^[3]. The line was made double track in 1975 and electrified with 25 kV AC overhead wire in 2002. From 2006 to 2010 the Basmane-Ulukent section of the line in İzmir was closed, due to the construction of the Karşıyaka Railway Tunnel. During this time the tracks in the station were used as a yard for passenger trains. When the line re-opened on May 19, 2010, the station was no longer used as a yard. The elevated platform section will be converted for use of the new İzmir Commuter Rail system (İZBAN).

Services

Previous	Service	Next
Çiğli Towards Alsancak	İzmir Blue Train	Emiralem Towards Ankara
Çiğli Towards Alsancak	Karesi Express	Emiralem Towards Ankara
Çiğli Towards Alsancak	6th of September Express	Ayvacık Towards Bandırma
Çiğli Towards Alsancak	17th of September Express	Muradiye Towards Bandırma
Ulukent Towards Alsancak	Alsancak-Uşak Regional	Emiralem Towards Uşak
Çiğli Towards Alsancak	Aegean Express	Emiralem Towards Afyon
Previous	İZBAN	Next
Egekent 2 Toward Alsancak	Northern Line	Hatundere Toward Aliağa

The station at night

External links

• http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/SCP

References

1. ^ TCDD Timetables - TCDD Official Site
2. ^ SCP History - Trains and Railways of Turkey
3. ^ TCDD History - Trains and Railways of Turkey