Yenice railway station

Yenice station (Turkish: Yenice Garı) is a railway station in Yenice, Mersin. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.^[1]

YENİCE
TCDD intercity and regional rail station
Yenice Station
General information
Location	Atatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin Turkey
Coordinates	36.974204°N 35.053178°E / 36.974204; 35.053178
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Line(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık: Taurus Express Erciyes Express Mersin-Adana Regional Mersin-İslahiye Regional Mersin-İskenderun Regional
Platforms	2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	6633
History
Opened	2 August 1886; 138 years ago (2 August 1886)
Rebuilt	1995
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station Durak towards Kayseri Erciyes Express Şehitlik towards Adana Durak towards Konya Taurus Express Şakirpaşa towards Adana Tarsus towards Mersin Mersin–İslahiye Şehitlik towards İslahiye Mersin–İskenderun Şehitlik towards İskenderun Mersin–Adana Şehitlik towards Adana
Location YENİCE Location within Turkey

Historical Importance

Main article: Yenice Conference

Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station during the Second World War. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.

References

1. MTA History

External links

• Media related to Yenice railway station (Mersin) at Wikimedia Commons