İzmit Railway Station
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| TCDD railway station | |
Izmit railway station in 2011 before renovation.
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| Location | Kozluk Mh., İstasyon Cd., 41200 İzmit/Kocaeli, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°45′43″N 29°55′02″E / 40.761896°N 29.917224°E |
| Owned by | TCDD |
| Line(s) | Istanbul–Ankara railway |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 1570 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 August 1873 |
| Rebuilt | 1976-77, 2012-14 |
| Electrified | 6 February 1977 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2009) | 912,500  18% |
Izmit railway station is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, Turkey. The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue.
Izmit station was first opened on 1 August 1873 by the Ottoman government as part of the Constantinope-Izmit railway. The line was then sold to the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) in 1880, which continued to build the line east to Ankara. The Turkish State Railways took over the railway and the station in 1927.
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