Adana central railway station
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| Location | İstasyon Square, Kurtuluş, Seyhan Adana, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°00′13″N 35°19′09″E / 37.00361°N 35.31917°ECoordinates: 37°00′13″N 35°19′09″E / 37.00361°N 35.31917°E |
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways |
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Adana-Mersin Regional İskenderun-Mersin Regional İslahiye-Mersin Regional Toros Ekspresi İç Anadolu Mavi Treni Çukurova Mavi Treni Erciyes Ekspresi Fırat Ekspresi |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Connections | Adana Metro |
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| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | In front of the main building |
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| Station code | 6503 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1886 |
| Rebuilt | 1912 |
Adana railway station or Adana Gar is a railway station in Adana and one of the major railway hubs in Turkey. The station is located at the İstasyon Square, in Kurtuluş, Seyhan.
The Central Station is steps away from the Vilayet Metro station and the Adana Province Hall. It surrounds the İstasyon Square together with the Central Post Office, Türk Telekom and TCDD Regional Headquarters.
The first railway station in Adana was built in 1886 in the Kuruköprü area along the 67 km (42 mi) railway line that connected Adana to Mersin. In 1903, the Ottoman Government contracted Istanbul-Baghdad section of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway project to Germany. In 1911, the Yenice-Adana section of the Mersin-Adana railway line was merged with the Berlin-Baghdad railway project. The status of the Adana railway station was raised to a major station with the expected increase in volume. A larger station building and maintenance shops were needed to be built, but the existing train station was not suitable for expansion. So the train station in the Kuruköprü area was abandoned and the construction of a new train station was started in 1911 on farmland north of the city. The construction of the new railway station was completed in September 1912, covering an area of 45 hectares. It contained a station building, staff residences, maintenance shops and a foundry.
The station building is built in the First National Architectural Style. It is a 3-storey structure with wide eaves and a triangular roof and has a U-plan in which the open area faces the square. The middle section, which connects to the square through three sharp arch gates, is the main hall with a high ceiling and includes the waiting room, ticket offices and the information desk. The middle section also splits into three areas. The two areas on the right side of the middle section comprise two floors. Above the area on the left side, there is a cafe which is entered from Platform I. Below the cafe, there are the ticket offices and the check room. There are administrative offices at the north part of the east and the west wing of the building, facing platform I. The offices at the west wing are designated for the station manager and the assistant, and the ones on the east wing are designated for security and other services. On the upper floor, there are six residences of different sizes. The residences on the wings are larger than the residences above the main hall. The residences above the main hall are accessed from the stairs at the wings.
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