Diyarbakır railway station

Main railway station in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Geyik
towards Ankara
 Southern Express Ulam
towards Kurtalan
Terminus Diyarbakır–Batman Bozdemir
towards Batman

Diyarbakır railway station (Turkish: Diyarbakır garı) is the main railway station in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey. TCDD Taşımacılık operates the Southern Kurtalan Express to Ankara[1] or Kurtalan[1] and a daily regional train to Batman.

The station was built by the Turkish State Railways in 1935 as part of the railway from Fevzipaşa.[2] The station building was built in the Art Deco style, similar to the station buildings of Sivas, Manisa and Malatya.[3]

Diyarbakır station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. A freight yard is also present on the station grounds.

See also

  • Sivas station
  • Malatya station
  • Manisa station

References

  1. ^ a b "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. ^ As, Erdal (2013). Cumhuriyet Dönemi Ulaşım Politikaları (in Turkish). Ankara: Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi. p. 108.
  3. ^ Erdoğan, Hacı Abdullah; Başar, Mehmet Emin (September 2009). "Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye'de Tren Garları" (in Turkish): 38. Retrieved 22 October 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

  • Station information
  • Station timetable