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.^[1][2][3] The stations consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. A freight yard is adjacent to the platforms, but in the mid-2010 was set to be decommissioned with the station ground to be used solely for passenger trains.^[4]

Balıkesir
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station
The station building in February 2003.
General information
Location	Cumhuriyet Meydanı, Gümüçşme Mah., 10040 Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir Turkey
Coordinates	39.6470°N 27.8883°E / 39.6470; 27.8883
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)	Izmir Blue Train   Karesi Express   6 Sep Express   17 Sep Express   Aegean Express
Platforms	2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1912
Electrified	2016 25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station Gökköy towards İzmir Izmir Blue Train Mezitler towards Ankara 6 Sep Express Yeniköy towards Bandırma 17 Sep Express Karesi Express Terminus Terminus Aegean Express Çandır towards Eskişehir

References

1. "İzmir Mavi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
2. "6 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
3. "Karesi Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
4. Uysal, Onur (16 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy lojistik merkezi bugün açılıyor". railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.

External links

• Balıkesir station information
• Balıkesir station timetable
• Balıkesir station building in Google Street View